Lieut. Albert Munroe
addressed the battery in regard to the battle, and attributed our defeat to the
want of discipline. The men felt very indignant at his remarks. "We had to
come down to regulations, the same as in the regular army, and should consider
ourselves almost as State prison convicts." We have since seen that he
meant no insult towards the battery; but have found out to our satisfaction
that he spoke the truth, for we have seen the time that put us almost on the
same level with convicts.
SOURCE: Theodore
Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light
Artillery, p. 15
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