. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . OW dear to our hearts are the days when we soldiered, As fond recollection presents them to view :The long line of earthworks, the deep tangled thicket. And every rough spot that our army life knew,The long parks of artillery, with harness and saddle, The picket roped horses oft trying to roll;The cook-house, the guard tent and the muskets stacked nigh it, And the old Coffee Kettle that hung on a pole;That old Coffee Kettle, that welcome old kettle, The old Coffee
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . OW dear to our hearts are the days when we soldiered, As fond recollection presents them to view :The long line of earthworks, the deep tangled thicket. And every rough spot that our army life knew,The long parks of artillery, with harness and saddle, The picket roped horses oft trying to roll;The cook-house, the guard tent and the muskets stacked nigh it, And the old Coffee Kettle that hung on a pole;That old Coffee Kettle, that welcome old kettle, The old Coffee Kettle that hung on a pole. How dear to this day are the forms and the faces, Of those who stood with us in those trying times;So many are gone from their ranks and their places, It mightily shortens the original lines:Hani camping and marching we all well remember, And everything trying to body and soul;Yet one thing we had that was genuine pleasure, Twas the old Coffee Kettle that hung on a pole,That old Coffee Kettle, that welcome old kettle, The old Coffee Kettle that hung on a pole. Tenth Light Battery R. I. T HE Tenth Battery RhodeIsland Volunteers wa simultaneously with theNinth and Tenth regimentsinfantry, for three months servicein Washington. It was mainlyrecruited from the ProvidenceMarine Corps of Artillery, underthe supervision of Col. Edwin <Gallup, and other officers of thisorganization, who went into service as officers of the Tenth Bat-tery, taking position as they stood in the home organization,follows: Captain, Edwin C. Gallup; Senior First Lieutenant,Samuel A. Pearce, Jr. ; Second Senior Lieutenant, Amos , Jr. ; Junior First Lieutenant, Frank A Rh l< s ; JuniorSecond Lieutenant, Henry Pearce. On the 24th of May, [862, Governor Sprague received a dis-patch from the Secretary of War, announcing that the little armyunder command of Gen. N. P. Banks had been routed, that the i8 THE TENTH LIGHT BATTERY
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