1863 - 1865 | Following a heroic performance by Battery B, First Rhode Island Light Artillery Regiment, at the Battle of Gettysburg, the Union goes on to win the American Civil War, allowing Rhode Islanders are able to celebrate the end of hostilities.
My Favorite Books on this Topic:
History of the Rhode Island combat units in the Civil War (1861-1865) by Harold R. Barker
Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry: Making the Precision Machine Tools That Enabled Manufacturing by Gerald M. Carbone
The Rhode Island Home Front in the Civil War by Frank J. Williams and Patrick T. Conley
*Map image from Rhode Island Boundaries by John H Cady.
To learn more about this episode go to The Story of Rhode Island website
