Grand review of the
Rhode Island troops by President Lincoln and Gen. Scott. Marched in front of
the White House and through the principal streets of Washington.
From this time up to
the 4th of July, nothing of importance occurred; everything went on quiet and
pleasant; battery drills and manual of the piece were the usual occupation.
Sometimes the long roll would be beat during the night, or guards would fire at
some imaginary object of suspicion. On such an occasion a cow was shot.
SOURCE: Theodore
Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First
Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, p. 8
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