Orders arrived for our remaining section to unite forthwith
with the rest of the battery at Darnestown. The morning was beautiful. The
battery got ready to march. Col. Geary had his regiment drawn up in line. The
whole regiment presented arms as we passed by, they being greatly attached to
us, while we gave nine cheers and a Narragansett for Col. Geary and his brave
regiment. This day's march will always be a pleasant recollection for the
surviving. Our road was leading through the most beautiful parts of Maryland.
Late in the afternoon we arrived at Darnestown, and united once more with the
rest of the battery, after having been parted for three weeks. Gen. Banks'
headquarters are there, and all the troops of his command, lying around the
town. We had a very pleasant camp, but should not enjoy it long.
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* Misdated as Monday, August 2, 1861.
SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, p. 18
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