1ST RI LIGHT ARTILLERY: Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War 1861-1865by George C Sumner. 1897. 192p Comrade Sumner was appointed as the Historian of Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, and began compiling a history of the unit, but his untimely death left the work incomplete. The writer took on the task with hesitation, acknowledging the difficulty of following Sumner's marginal notes and intentions. The document reflects on the unique character of the people in the region, their opposition to slavery, and