1st Regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery

Brief History
The 1st Regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery was organized at Providence in Batteries A-H between June 6, 1861 and October 14, 1862. They were mustered out between June 11, 1865 and July 3, 1865.

For more information see, The Civil War Archive Union Regimental Histories, Rhode Island, Artillery Units.

Batteries in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a battery (company) recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, batteries (companies) might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the battery (company) recruited in his county first.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 4,377 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * BATTERY "A" 1st REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY Battery "A" 1st Regiment Light Artillery was organized at Providence and mustered in June 6, 1861. It was transferred to Battery "B" 1st Rhode Island Artillery, September 30, 1864.


 * - Reichardt, Theodore. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, (Providence: N. Bangs Williams, 1865). This book can be viewed at Internet Archive, Artillery Reserve, Penn State ManyBooks, Project Gutenberg, and Open Library. It can be purchased at Amazon .com - Battery A, 1st R.I. Light Artillery contains history, rolls, etc. - Rhode Island Grand Army of the Republic Museum, Find out why Rhode Island Volunteer Citizen Soldiers were regarded as the best in the artillery during the Civil War. It includes history and pictures. - Wikipedia page on Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery contains history, etc.


 * - Aldrich, Thomas M. The history of Battery A, First regiment Rhode Island light artillery in the war to preserve the union, 1861-1865, can be viewed at books.google.com.


 * BATTERY "B" 1st REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY. Battery "B" 1st Regiment Light Artillery was organized at Providence and mustered in August 13, 1861. It was moved to Washington, D. C., May 2-15 and Grand Review May 23. It was mustered out on June 13, 1865. For more information,see the Wikipedia article, "Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery".


 * - Battery "B" 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery A non-profit organization of historians and re-enactors of the American Civil War 1861-65. It includes historical accounts as well as the offically reactivated Battery B Rhode Island Light Artillery as of May 25, 1986.


 * - The Civil War Archive Union Regimental Histories, Rhode Island Rhodes, John H. - The history of Battery B, first regiment Rhode Island light artillery: in''war to preserve the Union'


 * - Civil War in the East; a reference guide to America's Civil War


 * BATTERY "C" 1st REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY. Battery "C" 1st Regiment Lighty Artillery was organized at Providence and mustered in August 25, 1861. It was consolidated with Battery "G," 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, on December 23, 1864.


 * - For more information see, The Civil War Archive Union Regimental Histories, Rhode Island


 * BATTERY "D" 1st Regiment Light Artillery. Battery "D" 1st Regiment Light Artillery was organized at Providence and mustered in September 4, 1861. It was on duty in the Shenandoah Valley until July, 1865. It was mustered out on July 17, 1865.For more information see, The Civil War Archive Union Regimental Histories, Rhode Island


 * - Sumner, George C. - Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, in the Civil War. film #1550113.


 * BATTERY "E" 1st REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY. Battery "E" 1st Regiment Light Artillery was organized at Providence on September 23, 1861. It was mustered out on June 11, 1865. For more information see, The Civil War Archive Union Regimental Histories, Rhode Island Lewis, George - The History of Battery E, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery Bucklyn, John Knight- biography


 * BATTERY "F" 1st REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY. Battery "F" 1st Regiment Light Artillery was organized at Providence on October 29, 1861. It was mustered out on June 27, 1865. For more information see, The Civil War Archive Union Regimental Histories, Rhode Island Chase, Philip Steven - Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War


 * BATTERY "G" 1st REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY. Battery "G" 1st Regiment Light Artillery was organized at Providence in December, 1861. It was mustered out June 24, 1865. For more information see, The Civil War Archive Union Regimental Histories, Rhode Island


 * BATTERY "H" 1st REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY. Battery "H" 1st Regiment Light Artillery was organized at Providence on October 14. 1862. It was mustered out June 28, 1865 and discharged July 3, 1865. For more information see, The Civil War Archive Union Regimental Histories, Rhode Island - Rootsweb.Ancestry .comcontains articles of genealogical and historic interest on Rhode Island in general, from old Rhode Island books and newspapers. - Wikipedia page - Battery H, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery


 * - Fenner, Earl - The History of Battery H First regiment of Rhode Island Light Artillery in the War to Preserve the Union 1861-1865,Bibliography

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Mississippi in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Rhode Island in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Mississippi, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Stone, Edwin W. Rhode Island in the Rebellioncan be viewed at Google Books and Archive.org.


 * Boston Public Library - Monthly bulletin of books added to the Public Library of the City of Boston


 * Grandchamp, Robert - The boys of Adams' Battery G: the Civil War through the eyes of a Union


 * Aldrich, Thomas M. The history of Battery A, First Regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery i n the war to preserve the Union 1861-1865. (Washington [District of Columbia] : Filmed by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976) and Bethesda, Maryland : Univerisity Publications of America, c1991),


 * Butts, Francis B. (Francis Bannister) . The organization and first campaign of Battery E, First Rhode Island Light Artillery. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991),


 * Chase, Philip S. (Philip Steven). Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865. (Providence [Rhode Island] : Snow &amp; Farnham, 1892), and (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991) and Organization and service of Battery F, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, to January 1st, 1863.  and Service with Battery F, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, in North Carolina.  and  and Battery F, first regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery : in the Civil War, 1861-1865.


 * Fenner, Earl. The history of Battery H, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, in the war to preserve the union, 1861-1865. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), and (Providence [Rhode Island] : Snow &amp; Farnham, printers, 1894),


 * Lewis, George. The history of Battery E, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, in the war of 1861 and 1865 to preserve the Union. (Washington [District of Columbia] : Filmed by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1987) and (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991),


 * Monroe, John Albert. Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artilliery : at the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), and Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery : at the second battle of Bull Run.  and The Rhode Island artillery at the first battle of Bull Run.  and Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion of 1861-5.


 * Parker, Ezra K. (Ezra Knight). Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, in Kentucky and east Tennessee (1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Regiment Battery D). (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), and From the Rapidan to the James under Grant.


 * Peck, George Bacheler. Historical address delivered at the dedication of the memorial tablet on the arsenal : Benefit Street, corner of Meeting, Providence, R. I., Thursday, July 19, 1917. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991),


 * Reichardt, Theodore. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery. (Washington [District of Columbia] : Filmed by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1987), and (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991),


 * Rhodes, John H. The history of Battery B, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, in the war to preserve the Union, 1861-1865. (Providence [Rhode Island] : Snow &amp; Farnham, 1894), and(Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991),  and The Gettysburg gun.


 * Simpson, Thomas. My four months' experience as a prisoner of war. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991),


 * Straight, Charles Tillinghast. Battery B, First R. I. Light Artillery, August 13, 1861-June 12, 1865. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991),


 * Sumner, George C. Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, in the Civil War, 1861-1865. (Washington [District of Columbia] : Filmed by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1987), and Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991,  and Recollections of service in Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery.  and John Albert Monroe, a memorial : recollections of him as commander of Battery D.

Internet Sites 


 * American Civl War Pictures and Photos -
 * photo of Chaplin T. Quinn


 * The Civil War Archive Union Regimental Histories, Rhode Island


 * Civil War Regiments from Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island


 * RHODE ISLAND INFANTRY REGIMENTS


 * CIVIL WAR INDEX

Primary source for material on the soldiers and the battles


 * Union Army regimental History Index


 * Genealogybooklinks.comRhode Island Civil War Regiments


 * Rhode Island Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library rigarcwmuseum.tripod.com/batteryahomepage.html