Governor Sprague and William A. Sabin, formerly a member of the battery, gave it as their recollection that the stock of the gun carriage broke on account of the extreme elevation of the gun, and that it was not hit by the enemy’s shot; but a letter of mine, written after the battle, implies that the gun carriage was struck by a shot.

[2] This account of the saving of the one piece from capture, does not agree with the statement in Stone’s “Rhode Island in the Rebellion,” 1864, nor with the “Adjutant General’s Report, State of Rhode Island, 1865,” which repeats the statement of Mr. Stone. The testimony of Sergeant Hammond is herewith subjoined, also that of Captain Charles D. Owen:

The account given by Colonel Monroe, of the manner in which was saved from capture one of the pieces of his section, at the first battle of Bull Run, of which piece I was sergeant, is substantially correct.

To the best of my recollection the account as given by Colonel Monroe is correct.

Transcriber’s Note:

Both “day-break” and “daybreak” appear on page 12 in the original text.