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Its record bears testimony to the bravery of its successive commanders—Captain William B. Weeden, Captain Richard Waterman, and First Lieutenant Jacob H. Lamb — and its men. By order of General Meade, the following battles, in which Battery C had borne meritorious service, were inscribed upon its colors: Yorktown; Hanover Court House; Mechanicsville; Gaines Mills; Malvern Hill; Second Bull Run; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Rappahannock Station; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Opequan; Fisher's Hill; and, Cedar Creek.
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Click here for a full and detailed history taken verbatim from the Adjutant General Report 1865, Volume II. Register of Rhode Island Volunteers, 1861 – 1865.
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Click here for a more detailed explanation of how an artillery battery would operate during the Civil War and what exactly we could do when under fire!
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