. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . he excitement and enthu-siasm was as intense as when the integrity of the nation was firstthreatened, and affected alike all classes. The Rhode IslandNational Guard, then for some time organized, furnished anample reserve from which to draw the States proportion of thenew levy. Volunteers came pouring in with great rapidity, and intwo days the Lonsdale National Guard, the Natick NationalGuard, the Westerly National Guard, and Pawtucket Battalion(two full companies
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . he excitement and enthu-siasm was as intense as when the integrity of the nation was firstthreatened, and affected alike all classes. The Rhode IslandNational Guard, then for some time organized, furnished anample reserve from which to draw the States proportion of thenew levy. Volunteers came pouring in with great rapidity, and intwo days the Lonsdale National Guard, the Natick NationalGuard, the Westerly National Guard, and Pawtucket Battalion(two full companies). Company A, Pawtucket Light Guard, andCompany H, which was composed of the Slater Drill Corps andthe Cudworth Zouaves, and companies from Newport and Woon-socket, were reported for duty, and left Providence May 27th, forWashington, as the Ninth Regiment Rhode Island second detachment of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments, undercommand of Col. Zenas R. Bliss, of the Tenth, followed May 29th,thus in four days completing their organization, and commencingtheir journey to the field of duty. RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS. 69. Col. John T. Pitman. The Ninth Regiment was organized byCol. Charles T. Robbins, who accompaniedit to Washington. It was subsequentlyplaced under the command of Col. John , whose commission bore date July 3,1862. Colonel Pitman had previously servedas captain of Company G, First Rhode IslandDetached Militia, in 1861. He was appointedmajoi- of the Ninth, May 26, 1862; lieuten-ant-colonel, June 9, 1862, and colonel, July 3, 1862, and was mus-tered out Sept. I, 1862. He afterwards served as lieutenant-colonel of the Eleventh Rhode Island Volunteers, Oct. i, 1862,and was mustered out of service, July 13, 1863. The Ninth Regiment left Providence Tuesday afternoon, May27th, by rail for New York, amidst cheers and shouts and farewellwaving of handkerchiefs. But the sad parting was apparentlysoon forgotten, for the boys shouted, and sang, and laughed atea
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