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The History of Battery H First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the War to Preserve the Union 1861-1865

Chapter 63: Mortuary Record.
By Earl Fenner
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The narrative recounts the origin, training, and wartime service of a Rhode Island light artillery battery, tracing recruitment, camp life, artillery drill, and movements from organization through major campaigns. It describes the unit's participation in field operations, siege and trench service, repulsing enemy assaults, and the final pursuit and surrender events, interweaving daily memoranda, official reports, and personal memoirs. The volume concludes with rosters, a mortuary record, and portraits of officers and men, providing a detailed administrative and human account of the battery's experiences during the conflict.

Mortuary Record.

“The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat
The soldier’s last tattoo;
No more on life’s parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame’s eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.”
Captain.
Crawford, Allen. Died May 7, 1894.
First Lieutenants.
Webster, Clement L. Died Oct. 16, 1864.
Knight, Walter M. Died Oct. 16, 1874.
Second Lieutenant.
Colwell, Samuel G. Died in 1892.
First Sergeant.
Bonn, Charles E. Died in 1891.
Quartermaster-Sergeants.
Allen, Albert F. Died April 19, 1873.
Potter, Hezekiah L. Died April 15, 1894.
Sergeants.
Carpenter, George P. Died March 1, 1863.
Sayles, Thomas W. Died since the war.
Burlingame, Franklin P. Died since the war.
Gibson, Charles De Wolf. Died since the war.
Carter, Benjamin. Died in 1868.
Bennett, Gardner L. Died June, 1879.
Corporals.
Carey, Hiram A. Died in 1873.
Briggs, Isaac. Died in 1880.
Randall, Job. Died since the war.
Ryan, Marvin. Died since the war.
Buglers.
Goff, Thomas P. Died Feb. 10, 1863.
Cokeley, Robert H. Died Sept. 30, 1882.
Stringer, Charles S. Died since the war.
Artificers.
Hodges, Edward F. Died since the war.
Tracy, George E. Died Sept. 1, 1863.
Privates.
Arnold, Henry N. Died in Camp Barry, Washington, D. C., Feb. 12, 1864.
Barry, William. Died since the war.
Bishop, John. Died Oct. 19, 1883.
Booth, James. Died in hospital near Fort Strong, Va., Oct. 12, 1864.
Brown, Francis A. Died since the war.
Brown, Henry C. Died since the war.
Brown, William S. Alias William S. Huntley. Died since the war.
Costello, James. Died since the war.
Cross, George G. Died since the war.
Graham, Michael. Killed by a railroad accident, August, 1893.
Grimes, Joseph. Died Aug. 7, 1892.
Hayfield, Isaac F. Died since the war.
Hunnewell, William H. Died since the war.
Lillibridge, Jacob L. Died since the war.
Mahon, Thomas. Died since the war.
Manter, William G. Died in hospital at Fairfax Station, Va., Feb. 3. 1863.
Phillips, John. Died in hospital at Fairfax Station, Va., March 1, 1863.
Reid, Uriah H. Died since the war.
Simmons, Thomas E. Died since the war.
Smith, Asahel. Died since the war.
Smith, Elisha. Died since the war.
Tweedale, Charles. Died since the war.
Vallette, Gilbert P. Died since the war.
White, William H. Died Feb. 21, 1894.
Williams, George A. Died May 30, 1864.