author

Earl Fenner

b. 1841

A Civil War veteran turned his firsthand experience into a detailed regimental history of Rhode Island artillery service. His surviving work offers a ground-level account of camp life, campaigns, and the people who served in Battery H.

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The History of Battery H First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the War to Preserve the Union 1861-1865

The History of Battery H First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the War to Preserve the Union 1861-1865

by Earl Fenner

About the author

Published in Providence in 1894, Earl Fenner is known for The History of Battery H, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861–1865. Library and catalog records consistently identify him as born in 1841, and the book itself was presented as an illustrated history of the unit.

Fenner wrote from close knowledge of his subject, assembling a record of Battery H’s organization, movements, and wartime service during the American Civil War. Rather than offering a broad national history, his book stays close to the daily realities of one Rhode Island battery, which gives it much of its lasting value.

Reliable online sources located for this overview confirm the book and Fenner’s birth year, but they provide only limited biographical detail beyond that. Even so, his work remains a useful primary-era contribution for listeners interested in Civil War memory, local history, and the experience of volunteer artillery units.