Arrived at, and
effected our passage across the Long Bridge, by ten o'clock, and found
ourselves once more at Camp Clark, where we had a day of rest after our debut
on the battle-field yesterday, under the scorching sun of Virginia.
SOURCE: Theodore
Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light
Artillery, p. 15
The Second Battery
left Camp Clark by four o'clock P. M., for Harper's Ferry, to receive the guns
of the First Battery, whose term of service had expired.
Gov. Sprague made a
short speech to the men. The battery travelled by way of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, via Annapolis Junction and the Relay House.
SOURCE: Theodore
Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light
Artillery, p. 16
Arrival at the
National Capital. By daylight the cupola of the Capitol greeted our eyes, a
reviving sight after three sleepless nights. Col. Ambrose E. Burnside and Capt.
Chas. H. Tompkins had a breakfast prepared for us, consisting of roast beef,
soft bread and coffee. After unloading battery, we marched towards Camp Sprague,
and established our quarters on the left of those of the First R. I. infantry
regiment and battery. Our camp was named "Camp Clark," in honor of
the celebrated Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island, the model of a Christian minister
and true patriot.
SOURCE: Theodore
Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First
Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, p. 7-8
