. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . 1 on, June 26, [,. neral Orders No. roj. I. The forces under Major-Generals Fremont, Hank- and McDowell, includ-the troop- now under Brigadier-General Sturgis, at Washington, shall l»e consolidated, ami form one army, to be called the Army of Virginia. II. The command of the Army of Virginia is especially assigned to Major-Genera! Pope as commanding general. The troops of the Mountain Department, heretofore under command of Gen-eral Fremont (after Fremonts re
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . 1 on, June 26, [,. neral Orders No. roj. I. The forces under Major-Generals Fremont, Hank- and McDowell, includ-the troop- now under Brigadier-General Sturgis, at Washington, shall l»e consolidated, ami form one army, to be called the Army of Virginia. II. The command of the Army of Virginia is especially assigned to Major-Genera! Pope as commanding general. The troops of the Mountain Department, heretofore under command of Gen-eral Fremont (after Fremonts resignation General Sigel was appointed), -hallc institute the first army corps, under the command of General Sigel. The troops of the Shenandoah Department, now under General Banks, -hallconstitute the second army corps, and be commanded 1>\ him. The troops under the command of General McDowell, except those within the fortifications and the City of Washington, -hall form the third army corps, and he under his command. order ot the Secretary of War. E. D. TOWNS1 M). [ssistaut Adjutant-General. 230 THE TENTH REGIMENT. —— %»••Back to Tennallytown! July ist. Fortunatelythe author escaped thenight march to Tennally-town, for he wrote, Iwas appointed on therear guard to remain atWashington and lookafter the stores and bag-gage on the was no room forus either in the cabin orforecastle, so we triedto find a soft bed in thehold. Sleep was diffi- cult, however, among the boxes and barrels and smells which sur-rounded us, and we were glad when the morning came, and we couldmount up on deck and get a supply of fresh air. After gettingthe baggage loaded on the army wagons, we started for of us were put in charge of a sutlers provision wagon, andafter marching a while we climbed in behind, and, being almostfamished, feasted ourselves on bologna sausages, greasy pies,cakes, doughnuts, and cookies. The doughnuts were eitherhand made or machine sewed,
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