. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . e to be content with deserving the position, and de-clining the honor in favor of a worthy officer who had seen regiment assembled on Exchange place, wrote F. Phillips, of Company B, on Tuesday afternoon, May27th, at three oclock, and about five oclock it filed into the the interim, while standing in line, we were all prettywell drenched by a heavy shower of rain, besides being bent wellnigh double by the unaccustomed weight o
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . e to be content with deserving the position, and de-clining the honor in favor of a worthy officer who had seen regiment assembled on Exchange place, wrote F. Phillips, of Company B, on Tuesday afternoon, May27th, at three oclock, and about five oclock it filed into the the interim, while standing in line, we were all prettywell drenched by a heavy shower of rain, besides being bent wellnigh double by the unaccustomed weight of our one pointed out a stranger, of fine soldierly physique, andface well bronzed by service with the regulars in Texas, as ourfuture colonel, and an efficient commander he afterwards proved,but as we were then in blissful ignorance of his merits, we werehardly disposed to look upon him with favor at first. ColonelBliss was detained at home on account of his fathers death, andLieutenant-Colonel Shaw assumed command of the reoiment, anddirected its movement to Washington. kii< )Di: island i i -. i 2. Capt. Elisha Dyer. The commander of Company A, wasCapt. William E. Taber, a young andefficient officer, who had scon service withthe First Rhode Island Regiment. At thehead of Company B, marched Capt. ElishaDyer, one of the war governors of RhodeIsland. The men are few who at his ageami with his responsibilities, would havesurrendered the comforts of home for thearduous duties of the camp. Within eight hours time from theopening of the armoiw, he paraded his company of a hundred andtwenty-five men up Broadway and down Westminster street. Theother captains were : Jeremiah Vose, Company C ; William , Company D; Hopkins B. Cady, Company E ; BenjaminW. Harris, Company F; A. Crawford Greene, Company G;Christopher Duckworth, Company II ; William M. Hale, CompanyI; G. Frank Low, Company K (Second Lieutenant First Regiment).Most of the officers of the Tent
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