Captain, Battery G, 1st RI Light Artillery.
The stand of Battery G at Cedar Creek [VA] received praise from all who witnessed it. Colonel Charles H. Tompkins, the regimental commander who was wounded in the battle helping to withdraw Battery G wrote, "The conduct of officers and men was gallant in the extreme and it merits the hearty commendation of all who witnessed it. Rhode Island has just cause to be proud of such soldiers." General Frank Wheaton wrote of CAPTAIN GEORGE W. ADAMS, the grizzled tough commander who led the men into the fight, "In my opinion, he has few superiors in the service, and his admirable battery has been so skillfully and gallantly handled in battle. I never saw a battery more ably and desperately fought." The battery made a heroic stand, but paid with a heavy price: nine men died, twenty were wounded, and three were captured. Nearly a third of the men in Battery G went down in the fighting at Cedar Creek.
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Man, Myth, Legend
The finest Battery commander Rhode Island sent to the Civil War, earned three brevets for heroism under fire.
Planned and executed the April 2, 1865 assault on Petersburg that resulted in seven Medals of Honor being awarded to his men.
The stand of Battery G at Cedar Creek [VA] received praise from all who witnessed it. Colonel Charles H. Tompkins, the regimental commander who was wounded in the battle helping to withdraw Battery G wrote, "The conduct of officers and men was gallant in the extreme and it merits the hearty commendation of all who witnessed it. Rhode Island has just cause to be proud of such soldiers." General Frank Wheaton wrote of CAPTAIN GEORGE W. ADAMS, the grizzled tough commander who led the men into the fight, "In my opinion, he has few superiors in the service, and his admirable battery has been so skillfully and gallantly handled in battle. I never saw a battery more ably and desperately fought." The battery made a heroic stand, but paid with a heavy price: nine men died, twenty were wounded, and three were captured. Nearly a third of the men in Battery G went down in the fighting at Cedar Creek.
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Man, Myth, Legend
The finest Battery commander Rhode Island sent to the Civil War, earned three brevets for heroism under fire.
Planned and executed the April 2, 1865 assault on Petersburg that resulted in seven Medals of Honor being awarded to his men.
Captain, Battery G, 1st RI Light Artillery.
The stand of Battery G at Cedar Creek [VA] received praise from all who witnessed it. Colonel Charles H. Tompkins, the regimental commander who was wounded in the battle helping to withdraw Battery G wrote, "The conduct of officers and men was gallant in the extreme and it merits the hearty commendation of all who witnessed it. Rhode Island has just cause to be proud of such soldiers." General Frank Wheaton wrote of CAPTAIN GEORGE W. ADAMS, the grizzled tough commander who led the men into the fight, "In my opinion, he has few superiors in the service, and his admirable battery has been so skillfully and gallantly handled in battle. I never saw a battery more ably and desperately fought." The battery made a heroic stand, but paid with a heavy price: nine men died, twenty were wounded, and three were captured. Nearly a third of the men in Battery G went down in the fighting at Cedar Creek.
[http://smallstatebighistory.com]
Man, Myth, Legend
The finest Battery commander Rhode Island sent to the Civil War, earned three brevets for heroism under fire.
Planned and executed the April 2, 1865 assault on Petersburg that resulted in seven Medals of Honor being awarded to his men.
The stand of Battery G at Cedar Creek [VA] received praise from all who witnessed it. Colonel Charles H. Tompkins, the regimental commander who was wounded in the battle helping to withdraw Battery G wrote, "The conduct of officers and men was gallant in the extreme and it merits the hearty commendation of all who witnessed it. Rhode Island has just cause to be proud of such soldiers." General Frank Wheaton wrote of CAPTAIN GEORGE W. ADAMS, the grizzled tough commander who led the men into the fight, "In my opinion, he has few superiors in the service, and his admirable battery has been so skillfully and gallantly handled in battle. I never saw a battery more ably and desperately fought." The battery made a heroic stand, but paid with a heavy price: nine men died, twenty were wounded, and three were captured. Nearly a third of the men in Battery G went down in the fighting at Cedar Creek.
[http://smallstatebighistory.com]
Man, Myth, Legend
The finest Battery commander Rhode Island sent to the Civil War, earned three brevets for heroism under fire.
Planned and executed the April 2, 1865 assault on Petersburg that resulted in seven Medals of Honor being awarded to his men.
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