. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . 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 the Eleventh and Four-teenth United States Infantry, and three batteries of light artil-lery. The brigade was under the command of Colonel Bliss, ofthe Tenth Rhode Island Volunteers, acting-brigadier-general. W
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . 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 the Eleventh and Four-teenth United States Infantry, and three batteries of light artil-lery. The brigade was under the command of Colonel Bliss, ofthe Tenth Rhode Island Volunteers, acting-brigadier-general. With such an environment, the Tenth Battery soon attained amost creditable degree of efficiency. An officer on the staff ofGen. Samuel P. Sturgis, commanding the division, paid it thecompliment of saying that it had been selected by the Generalfor a service, in which its efficiency would be thoroughly test of battle was not given but it is fair to say that theTenth Battery was ready and willing to obey any call that couldbe made upon it. Immediately after the failure of the Peninsula 41 ,22 THE TENTH LIGHT BATTERV. Lieut. Samuel A. Pearee, Jr. campaign, under McClellan, it returnedto its old camp, near Fort Pennsylvania,the headquarters of the Tenth RhodeIsland Volunteers, relieving veteran troopsfor active service. During the absenceof Captain Gallup, who was detailed oncourt martial duty in Washington, A. Pearee, Jr., commanded thebattery. Our surgeon, Edward Carrington Frank-lin, rendered excellent service and was much esteemed by officersand men. He graduated at Trinity College, and studied medi-cine with Dr. A. H. Okie, of Providence, and later at the NewYork Medical College. One death only occurred, during our term of service, and thatby accident. Corp. James Flate was struck by the pole yoke ofa limber, during an exhibition drill, and so badly injured that hedied in four hours. He enlisted in New York as a detachmentwas passing through that city. H
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