. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . Special Orders,No. 2g. Statk of Rhode Island, Etc., Adjutant-Generals Office, Providence, May 26. 1S62. Lieutenant-Colonel Shaw is hereby ordered to have the baggage belonging tohis regiment at the Stonington Railroad Freight Depot, at 11 a. m., on Tues-day, the 27th instant. You will also order your companies to report punctually at the StoningtonDepot, at 3 oclock, p. m., same date. By order of the Commander-in-Chief, AUG. IIOPPIN,A ss/s/a h t A dju ta >it- G
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . Special Orders,No. 2g. Statk of Rhode Island, Etc., Adjutant-Generals Office, Providence, May 26. 1S62. Lieutenant-Colonel Shaw is hereby ordered to have the baggage belonging tohis regiment at the Stonington Railroad Freight Depot, at 11 a. m., on Tues-day, the 27th instant. You will also order your companies to report punctually at the StoningtonDepot, at 3 oclock, p. m., same date. By order of the Commander-in-Chief, AUG. IIOPPIN,A ss/s/a h t A dju ta >it- Gen oral. We left Providence, wrote a member of the regiment, Tuesday afternoon, and were received everywhere on the routewith great enthusiasm. The impression seemed to prevail thatWashington was safe now that the Tenth was on its way. Cer-tainly no regiment ever left the State more promptly in responseto the Governors call, and no regiment hastened to the rescueof the capital under a more solemn sense of duty. 124 THE TENTH REGIMENT x. Some of the best citizens of Providencewere members of this regiment from al-most every rank and profession. Therewas the merchant, the lawyer and thebanker; the mechanic and tradesman,with the clerk from behind his were the students, from the collegeand high school, led by that grand man, James Shaw, jr. Capt. Elisha Dyer, formerly governor ofthe State, whose former position gave increased value to the ser-vice now rendered. It was the general desire and expectationthat Col. James Shaw, Jr., should be the colonel of the regiment,but he chose to be content with deserving the position, and de-clining the honor in favor of a worthy officer who had seen regiment assembled on Exchange place, wrote F. Phillips, of Company B, on Tuesday afternoon, May27th, at three oclock, and about five oclock it filed into the the interim, while standing in line, we were all prettywell drenched by a heav
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