. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . tcleaning up the camp, not aparticularly pleasant occu-pation on a dry and dusty day, not much like policemensduty, one of the boys said. The weather is very hot, the mer-cury registering one hundred degrees in the shade. Tell CaptainHale that we are practicing double quick every day so that wemay not be too far behind when that foot-race comes off. WhenRichmond falls, as fall it must, we hope they will send us hometo repose upon our laurels. Until then we must be
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . tcleaning up the camp, not aparticularly pleasant occu-pation on a dry and dusty day, not much like policemensduty, one of the boys said. The weather is very hot, the mer-cury registering one hundred degrees in the shade. Tell CaptainHale that we are practicing double quick every day so that wemay not be too far behind when that foot-race comes off. WhenRichmond falls, as fall it must, we hope they will send us hometo repose upon our laurels. Until then we must be men of night I was drawn in a crowd of fifty for picket dutyand it promised to be no very delightful duty either, on a dark,rainy night. Soon we were ordered into line, armed and equippedwith plenty of ball cartridges, and trudged out two or three milesinto the country. Knowing that shooting pickets was a favoriteamusement with the prowling secesh in the vicinity, we found theemployment quite exciting, and as I filled the dignified position ofcorporal of the guard, I managed to keep my eyes open and the11 «4 6 ■%. NINTH RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS. 83 Union safe through the night, and at daylight we splashed throughthe mud back to camp again, pretty well drenched, besides beingtired and sleepy. As soon as dismissed we rolled into the strawas we were, and slept until ten this morning. We then turnedout, and some of us bathed in a mud-puddle. I then breakfastedon hard-bread and cheese, and now I am ready for anything. June 18th. We have at last got our full equipments and cloth-ing, and, among other things, our pantaloons, for, dreadful to re-late, we have all had to wear our old ones that we brought fromhome, so that most of us might adopt the language of the militarytactics, to the rear open order. Some of them are misfits,and much too large for the boys. They remind us of the schoolboys trousers, which didnt signify whether he was going toschool or coming home. On Sun
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