The battery left
Muddy Branch, with the understanding to go into winter-quarters near
Poolesville.
We were told that we
should have many drills together with Battery B, no longer Captain Vaughan's
battery, who, having had disagreements, left the service. We marched by nine
o'clock in the morning. The weather was very unpleasant, raining and freezing
all day. Passed through Poolesville at four o'clock, and commenced to pitch
tents by five o'clock. Our camp is next to Battery B's, commanded by Lieutenant
Perry. We had a good reception by the men, who treated all of us to coffee.
SOURCE: Theodore
Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light
Artillery, p. 26-7
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