. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . toGeneral Lyon, at Wilsons ( reek, and with his rawtroops from Kansas hadfought with great a man was hazardousenough to leave the lineafter this. Corbin, on theextreme right, one of thetall men, slim and straight,and too thin it was de-clared for even a shadow,as well as others of oldBrown,amused themselves A Wot Dayin CaniP- by emptying the water out of their shoes. In the meantimeLieutenant-Colonel Shaw had seized a building at the junctionof the roads
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . toGeneral Lyon, at Wilsons ( reek, and with his rawtroops from Kansas hadfought with great a man was hazardousenough to leave the lineafter this. Corbin, on theextreme right, one of thetall men, slim and straight,and too thin it was de-clared for even a shadow,as well as others of oldBrown,amused themselves A Wot Dayin CaniP- by emptying the water out of their shoes. In the meantimeLieutenant-Colonel Shaw had seized a building at the junctionof the roads, in spite of protests and threats, and prepared ahasty cup of coffee for the command. Upon the orders of Gen-eral Robbins, Company B was ordered to pass in single tile bythe open windows, receive a cup of coffee, and go into the wiupon the left and unload the wagons. It was a heavy task, butsoon accomplished. The camp fixings, including the knapsacks,were sorted and distributed to company quarters. As there wasneither saw, hammer, or chisel, we had to break open thwith uplifted boulders, and with jackknives only we j 36 THE TENTH REGIMENT. fitted and wedged the handles of the picks in their places. Asthe darkness settled down, the conical peaks of the Sibley tentspopped up like mushrooms, and considering that very few of themen had ever helped pitch a tent or ever stood under one, thework was marvellous. A member of Company B was commandedto take a detail and pitch the generals headquarters near theburying ground fence. This was a wall tent, soaked with water,and nearly as large as the meetinghouse near by. The soil com-posed of gravel and boulders, was almost impenetrable to the pick,but the work was accomplished, dark as it was, to the satisfactionof all concerned. Upon returning to quarters, we were unable tofind knapsack, blanket or haversack. Every inch of the tentwas occupied by men drenched to the skin ; some were countingthe blisters upon their hands, and ot
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