Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery

A first-person officer's memoir recounts the movements and actions of a Rhode Island light artillery battery during the western campaign, tracing marches across Kentucky and the Cumberland Mountains, camp life, logistics, supply seizures, pontoon crossings, counter-marches, and engagements around Loudon, Knoxville, and East Tennessee. It details hardships of terrain and weather, sickness within supporting corps, coordination with larger commands, threats from enemy cavalry raids, and the demands of river crossings and rapid redeployments, combining tactical description of marches and skirmishes with reflections on daily labor, improvisation, and artillery camaraderie.