. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . edsweet music, while we discoursed of home and heavenly themes. I was reading the other day, says a well-known writer, thaton the shores of the Adriatic Sea, the wives of the fishermen,whose husbands have gone far off upon the deep, are in the habitat even-tide of going down to the seashore, and singing, asfemale voices only can, the first stanza of a beautiful hymn ; afterthey have sung it, they listen, till they hear, borne by the windacross the desert sea, the
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . edsweet music, while we discoursed of home and heavenly themes. I was reading the other day, says a well-known writer, thaton the shores of the Adriatic Sea, the wives of the fishermen,whose husbands have gone far off upon the deep, are in the habitat even-tide of going down to the seashore, and singing, asfemale voices only can, the first stanza of a beautiful hymn ; afterthey have sung it, they listen, till they hear, borne by the windacross the desert sea, the second stanza, sung by their gallanthusbands as they are tossed by the gale upon the waves, andboth are happy. Perhaps if we would listen, we too might hear in this desworld of ours, some sound, some whisper borne from afar, toremind us that there is a heaven and a home, and when we singthe hymn upon the shores of earth, perhaps we shall hear itssweet echo breaking in music upon the sands of time, and cheer-ing the hearts of them that are pilgrims and strangers, and lookfor a citv that hath foundations. 176 THE TENTH REGIMENT. June 15th. Our mess in Company Bhas engaged a prepossessing young con-traband who boasts the name of AbrahamDouglass, to do the singing and wash thedishes, for the modest salary of two dollarsand a half per month. We enjoy havinghim sing and wash the dishes very muchindeed. Last evening he sang for us : De gospel ships a sailin—sailin—sailin—De gospel ships a sailin—bound for Caninshappy sho. Abe. CJiorus : Den, glory, glory, hallelujah! Another of his best ones is : Deres a light in der winder fur thee, brother,Dere a light in der winder fur thee ! Each member of the regiment was presented with a small,red-covered hymn book, containing the old familiar hymns, whichwere sung at religious services. In opening my book the otherday I found on the inside cover the following beautiful lineswritten by a private in Stuarts engineer regiment, which
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