Welcome to the Official Home Page of the Battery A, First Regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery, Unit Association; a nonprofit Civil War Living History/Reenactment subsidiary organization of the Rhode Island Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum, Library and Research Center, inc.   The Battery A Unit Association was first remustered by the Charter Members of the museum to the serve the people of Rhode Island in 1990.   Today it is a living history organization dedicated to education and the importance of the Civil War period in America.   Please try all our links here and below.   You will also find information concerning Civil War period artillery, and Civil War History.   We also support and honor the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, ELISHA DYER Camp No.7, the Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Elisha Dyer Auxiliary No.2 and you can click to the Rhode Island State Commandery of the MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES (R.I. MOLLUS) and much more.

BATTERY A, FIRST REGIMENT RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY
CURRENT UNIT ASSOCIATION MUSTER ROLL

HEADQUARTERS ~ APPOINTED COMMISSIONED OFFICER STAFF

Gregory H. Payne, Acting Battery A Field Commander, First Lieutenant.   Black Powder Safty and Ordinance Officer, Acting Battery A Section Chief.

Christian M. Neary, Major, Rhode Island Army National Guard, 103rd Field Artillery Brigade, Alpha Battery Commander; Battery A Honorary Liaison

Gregg A. Mierka, Second Lieutenant, Unit Adjutant, Brevet in the field Assistant Section Chief in the absence of the Commander.

Frank W. Gussie, Sr. Brevet Second Lieutenant & Brevet 1st Sergeant, Supply & Asst. Adjutant.

Fr. Raymond J. Ferrick, Unit Chaplain
Assistant Chaplains: Fr. Barry M. Meehan & Rev. Dennis P. Kohl.

WARRANTED AS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

Charles D. Blanchette, 2nd Sergeant, Chief of the Piece Gun No.1 First Detachment, Ordinance, Drill and Training NCO, also Musician.

Jan M. Ouhrabka, 3rd Sergeant, Chief of the Piece Gun No.2 Second Detachment, Ordinance, Drill and Training NCO.

Dennis P. Kohl, Corporal, Gunner-Piece No.1 First Detachment, assistant of Ordinance, Drill and Training NCO.

John T. Duchesneau, Corporal, Gunner-Piece No.2 Second Detachment, also Musician, assistant Drill and Training NCO.

Robert L. Renehan, Corporal, Chief of the No. 1 Caisson, First Detachment.

Alan B. Osberg, Corporal, Chief of the No. 2 Caisson, Second Detachment.

AIDS-de-CAMP

David A. Leach, Pvt., Guide-on Bearer, Headquarters, also Cannoneer 1st Detachment.

Thomas J. Cinq-Mars, Pvt., Bugler-Misician, Headquarters, also Cannoneer 2nd Detachment.

CURRENT ARNOLD'S BATTERY A CANNONEERS
MONROE'S LEFT SECTION

FIRST DETACHMENT

SECOND DETACHMENT

Pvt. David A. Leach     Pvt. Willard C. MacArgel, III     Pvt. George A. Perry     Pvt. Allen J. Bennett     Pvt. Robert E. Chalifoux

Pvt. Thomas J. Cinq-Mars             Pvt. Henry C. Duquette (also Musician)             Pvt. William Hooper             Pvt. James A. Tavis             Pvt. Daniel A. Chauvin

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ENLIST TODAY! UNCLE "ABE" NEEDS YOU ! WANT TO REENACT AT CIVIL WAR EVENTS ! WE CAN HELP YOU!

BATTERY A CAPTAINS: J. A. MONROE & W. A. ARNOLD

FOR MORE ABOUT BATTERY A:

A BRIEF HISTORY OF BATTERY A

MEMBERSHIP IN BATTERY A

CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY ORGANIZATION & DRILL.
Our page, adapted from the 1864 U.S. Army Field Artillery Manual, for Civil War Period cannon drill and instruction
"The School of the Piece".

BATTERY A ORDERS

The Orders Page Also Includes Battery A Recipients of the Order of Saint Barbara Awarded through the R.I. State Militia-Governor's Historic Commands, the 103rd F.A. R.I. Natl. Guard and the U.S. Field Artillery Assoc. at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma

BATTERY A and 1st Bull Run--MOLLUS WAR PAPERS:
By Major J. Albert Monroe

A true account of the formation of the 2nd R.I. Battery (Not The PMCA).
The formation of Battery A, 1st RILA, told by Capt. Monroe, founder of Battery A, attested by officers and men in the unit
plus links to RI MOLLUS, RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No. 7, and the current inventory of historical R.I. artillery ordnance; Originally By Harold E. Arnold, SUVCW CnC.

BATTERY A (The 2nd R.I. Battery formed with the 2nd R.I. Volunteer Infantry) and 1st Bull Run--MOLLUS WAR PAPERS:
By Colonel Elisha H. Rhodes

A true account of the formation of the 2nd R.I. Battery (Battery A, 1st RILA, attested by the veterans of Battery A and the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry.

BATTERY A TODAY
ALPHA BATTERY, 103rd Field Artillery
Rhode Island National Guard, on duty in Iraq

ALL FOR THE FIELD ARTILLERY
A RHODE ISLAND TRADITION

RED LEGS FIRST !   HUZZAH !

Arnold's Battery A, 1st R.I.L.A.
"The 2nd Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery, RISG-RIDM"
Starting the Great R.I. Tradition of the Light or Field Artillery
and the birth of the 103rd Field Artillery and Alpha Battery, R.I. Army National Guard
at the start of the Civil War.

Our Links to Information About the Artillery
Order of Saint Barbara

The history of Saint Barbara, only for the artillery, Fort Sill

The United States Field Artillery Association

Go to the Battery A, 1st Regiment R.I. Light Artillery
"BATTERY A CIVIL WAR VETERANS ~ MUSTER ROLLS"
and Current Alfa Battery Veterans Site Entry Home Page

Go to the Rhode Island Grand Army of the Republic
(RI GAR) Arnold Post No. 4 History Home Page

Go to the Rhode Island Civil War Ordnance Inventory
Home Page
A listing of cannons located throughout the State

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For More Information about Battery A, Unit Assoc. Contact: Lieutenant Gregg A. Mierka,,Battery Adjutant,
Battery A, 1st Regt. R.I. Light Artillery, c/o Gen. Nathanael Greene Homestead Museum at Spell Hall, 50 Taft Street, Coventry, R.I. 02816
(401) 821-8630

For more information about the Webmaster, Gregg Mierka, click HERE to get to the Webmaster's Home Page: Information about Motion Pictures, Education Programs, Documentaries, the Webmaster's "Cartes de Visite" gallery, and a Biography.

Battery A also proudly carries on the tradition welcoming the Adjutant General/Commanding General of the R.I. National Guard Major General Reginald A. Centracchio as an Honorary member.

To learn more about more about "Alpha Battery", R.I. National Guard, 103rd Field Artillery Brigade, click HERE

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RHODE ISLAND'S OWN

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE & SUPPORT

Click the links in this table For: THE RHODE ISLAND HERITAGE HALL OF FAME, PLUS SEE THE GENERAL BURNSIDE AND GENERAL GREENE BIOGRAPHIES BELOW The 2003 inductees of the R.I. Heritage Hall of Fame Thank you all for your support by contacting the R.I. Historical Society-R.I. Heritage Hall of Fame, and nominating both Generals A.E. Burnside and G.S. Greene to the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame.   Each year important Rhode Islanders, past & present, are selected.   Prior to November, 2003, "no" Rhode Island Civil War Veteran had ever been chosen.   You can e-mail additional suggestions to the R.I. Historical Society HERE to find out more.   Your support helped to put an end to this oversight.   We are pleased to inform all our viewers that “12” important Rhode Island Civil War Veterans and nationally known Pre-Civil War Social-Political Activists were selected. Again thank you all for supporting the work we do. Huzah, Battery A, 1st Regiment, R.I. Light Artillery. RHODE ISLAND'S OWN, GEORGE SEARS GREENE BIOGRAPHY RHODE ISLAND'S OWN, AMBROSE EVERETT BURNSIDE BIOGRAPHY

TRY THESE GREAT LINKS

The Civil War Reenactors Home Page
Here you can find out the latest news and events

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BEST LINKS FOR CIVIL WAR EQUIPMENT

The Forge Works
Here you can find out ordering Period Camp Equipment

C&D Jarnagin & Company
Here you can find out ordering Period cloths and uniforms

LINKS FOR CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY ORDNANCE

PAULSON BROTHERS ORDNANCE CORP.

SOUTH BEND REPLICAS, INC., JEFF STAFFORD, WHEELS AND CARRIAGES

STEEN CANNONS

JEFFERSON ARMORY

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This site is managed by:
Gregg A. Mierka, Battery A Adjutant,
Gen. Nathanael Greene Homestead Museum, at Spell Hall, Coventry, R.I.

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We wish to thank Brother/Companion Keith G. Harrison, Past National SUVCW Commander-in-Chief and current MOLLUS Webmaster, as well as all the artists/musicians for the use of their music on all the pages in our site. A special thanks also to Keith Laurent for arranging and playing Jay Ungar's Ashokan Farewell ©1983 by Swinging Door Music-BMI Used by permission. All rights reserved. Thanks also to Robert Hunt Rhodes for allowing us to use some of his material about his ancestor, Elisha Hunt Rhodes and to Ken Burns for featuring E.H. Rhodes and our State's Civil War History in his PBS series on The Civil War. And a special thanks to Edwin Bearrs, Brian Pohanka, Jeff Shaara and Ron Maxwell for their support for Rhode Island Civil War History and raising the American conscience about the triumphs and tragidies of the Great War of the Rebellion 1861 to 1865. The Battery A Unit Association is an entity of the R.I. Grand Army of the Republic GAR Civil War Museum, Library & Research Center, inc., a R.I. incorporated 501c3 non profit organization. Battery A is not an entity of the SUVCW, MOLLUS, the R.I. National Guard or any government agency, but supports and honors the Rhode Islanders of Alpha Battery now serving in Iraq.

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