Numbers 186. Report of Lieutenant Jacob H. Lamb, Battery C, First Rhode Island Light Artillery.

HDQRS. BATTERY C, FIRST RHODE ISLAND ARTILLERY,
August-, 1864.

SIR: I have the honor to make the following report of the marches and operations of my command, from the 4th of May to the 30th of July, 1864:

FIRST.

May 4.-Broke camp at 4 a. m.; marched to the Rapidan, and crossed at Germanna Ford, and camped at 4.30 p. m.; distance, 13 miles.

May 5.-Marched at 5 a. m., and parked to the left of the road leading go Chancellorsville; 2 miles.

May 6.-Remained in park until dark, when we moved three-fourths of a mile to the rear.

May 7.-Marched at 3.30 a. m. and took position commanding road lending to Germanna Ford; moved from position at 8 p. m., and marched all night toward Spotsylvania Court-House; distance, 15 miles. One caisson body, containing 102 rounds of ammunition, lost by being overturned into a creek, 2 tarpaulins lost, and 2 rubber buckets lost.

SECOND.

May 8.-Arrived at Pine Grove Church at 11 a. m. and parked.

May 10.-Moved at dark 1 mile to the front and parked.

May 11.-Moved at 6.30 a. m.; took position commanding the flats on the right of line; 2 p. m., advanced and [fired] 40 rounds at the enemy's skirmishers across Po River; returned toward night.

May 12.-Moved at daylight to the center, 2 miles, and parked; remained until midnight, then moved to rear army headquarters 1 1\2 miles and camped.

May 13.-Moved at 7 a. m. to the front, 2 miles, and took position; 36 rounds fired at the enemy by the right section. Marched at near midnight 2 miles, and remained in lot to right of road until the morning of the 14th.

May 14.-Moved to near Spotsylvania Court-House and parked at noon; 10 miles. At dusk moved 2 miles to the left and took position at the Po River near Anderson's house; fired 127 rounds at the enemy across the river.

May 15.-Still in position. At dark relieved by Cowan's (First New York) battery; moved 1 mile to the rear and camped for the night.

May 16.-Moved from camp at 5 p. m. and took the same position at Anderson's house, where we remained until 8 p. m. of the 17th.

May 17.-Moved at 8 p. m.; went 3 miles toward our right flank; halted in road until 6 a. m. of the 18th.

May 18.-Moved to within 1 1\2 miles of the front and parked. At 2 p. m. returned to near old camp on the Po River, 4 miles, and camped for night.

May 19.-Hitched up at 4.30 a. m.; moved at 11.30 a. m.; went 1 1\2 miles across the Po River and camped near its bank; hitched up at dark and remained hitched up one hour in readiness to move.