. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . sed up, there wasnaturally considerable confusion and delay, which was aggravatedby the increasing storm. Quartermaster-Sergeant Asa Lyman washard at work in the rear, urging the line forward, with words of di-rection and encouragement. The battery had a lot of spare horses,which were ridden by men specially detailed for that it crossed Long Bridge into Virginia, the rain and darknessincreased. The spare horses became very unmanageable, as themen clambe
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . sed up, there wasnaturally considerable confusion and delay, which was aggravatedby the increasing storm. Quartermaster-Sergeant Asa Lyman washard at work in the rear, urging the line forward, with words of di-rection and encouragement. The battery had a lot of spare horses,which were ridden by men specially detailed for that it crossed Long Bridge into Virginia, the rain and darknessincreased. The spare horses became very unmanageable, as themen clambered into the rear of the army wagons for shelter, andstill attempted to hold them ; but with the sudden flashes of light-ning, they began to break away, and disappear in the relates an amusing episode that occurred under his I rode up from the rear, completely drenched, a vividflash of lightning, illuminating earth and sky, revealed one of thebattery men, on a rising knoll by the roadside, struggling with twohorses, which were pulling in opposite directions. In his terror, kllu|>h [ V0L1 A Dismjl Night. the man wa> beseeching the Almighty to strikeone of the horses dead, and relieve him of the responsibility. He declared, with an oath, th ithe couldnt houkl but one baste, any considerable loss of horseflesh occurred onthat dismal night—but it was more than replaced by foraging—so that a gain of one wasreported at camp the following day. The final halt was made at Cloudss Mills,near the camp of the Sixty-ninth New York,and the hospitalities extended to our men were very gratefullyappreciated. The surgeon of that regiment drew very liberal 1)us from his hospital stores. It was real Irish hospitality given infull measure without stint or formality. The camp of the batterywas located near Seminary Hill, commanding roads leading intoWashington. Near by were the Sixty-ninth New York, theThirty-second Massachusetts, and part of t
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