. History of the Fifth Regiment of Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, during three years and a half of service in North Carolina. January 1862-June 1865 . his organization which will be related in the followinfypages as fully and as impartially as imperfect records and the lapseof more than a score of years will permit. With the publication of this order began the labor attending therecruiting of so large a number of men by voluntary tide of wild enthusiasm which had swept over the whole northin the early spring of this year was now near its ebb. A war, themagnitude and duration of w
. History of the Fifth Regiment of Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, during three years and a half of service in North Carolina. January 1862-June 1865 . his organization which will be related in the followinfypages as fully and as impartially as imperfect records and the lapseof more than a score of years will permit. With the publication of this order began the labor attending therecruiting of so large a number of men by voluntary tide of wild enthusiasm which had swept over the whole northin the early spring of this year was now near its ebb. A war, themagnitude and duration of w^hich no man could forecast confrontedthe loyal people of the Union, and thoughtful men everywhere beo-anto realize the vast sacrifices of life and treasure that must be made FIFTH RHODE ISLAND HEAVY ARTILLERY. 3 to insure final At this time the efforts of the State execu-tive were largely directed to the filling up of the ranks of the FourthRegiment, in order that it might march to the fi-ont at the earliestpossible moment. It was natural, therefore, that for a time recruit-ing for the proposed new battalion should seem to Major John Wright. (From a recent picture.) Camp Greene, a few miles out from Providence, on the StoningtonRailroad, was designated as the State rendezvous, and as fast asmen were enlisted they were sent there. On the 28th of October,Major Balch, at his own request, was relieved from his duties withthe battalion and Col. Christopher Blanding assigned to the snjter- 4 HISTORY OF THE vision of the rendezvous. Here the first day of November foundfour companies in camp. OfScers, themselves largely self-taught,were striving to teach tactics and enforce military discipline, oftenwith but indifferent results, as none of them had yet been commis-sioned by the State. On the 7th of November, however, the newbattalion was given a commander in the person of Maj. Jolm had been a captain in the Second Regiment, and came on fromthe Army of th
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