. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . he Senate. I also went, he continues, over the Patent Office, and amongthe millions of curious things, the most interesting to me were thearticles that belonged to GeneralWashington. There were his coat,vest, and knee-breeches, which hewore when he resigned his com- Washingtons Treasure Box. UlissioU at AnUapolis. ThcrC WaS his iron treasure box, sword, lantern, chairs,tent-poles, fire bucket, etc. That room con-tained enough to interest me for a then visi
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . he Senate. I also went, he continues, over the Patent Office, and amongthe millions of curious things, the most interesting to me were thearticles that belonged to GeneralWashington. There were his coat,vest, and knee-breeches, which hewore when he resigned his com- Washingtons Treasure Box. UlissioU at AnUapolis. ThcrC WaS his iron treasure box, sword, lantern, chairs,tent-poles, fire bucket, etc. That room con-tained enough to interest me for a then visited the White House, and wentinto the reception room, which is furnishedsplendidly. I wish that you and I could stayhere a week and go around as much as weliked. We have but little sickness. I am inas good health as I ever was. We will haveto give up the good times we were going to ^^ Buck-t. have, for the present, but if I get back at the end of the threemonths, we will make up for lost time. Just two weeks latercame the sudden and startling intelligence of his death. He leftthe noble example of a brave and spotless RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS. 221 Early on the morning of Monday, June 30th, wrote DeWolf, came the order assigning the Tenth Regi-ment to garrison duty in the seven forts and three batterieshitherto occupied by the New York Fifty-ninth, constituting thatportion of the defensive chain which protects the capital on thenorthwest. A lieutenant, sergeant, and twelve men from eachtorapany, under command of Lieut. Samuel H. Thomas, of Com-pany B, were detailed to march at once and take possession of theseveral posts, in advance of the main body, so as to expedite thedeparture of the Fifty-ninth, ordered to join McClellan on thePeninsula, who was then fighting and retreating to a new base onthe James river. The detachment of one hundred and forty menreached Tennallytown soon after noon, with only twelve milesmarching. At Fort Pennsylvania, near by, our
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