. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . erous and severe, while the extra work at Battery Ver-mont, was well calculated to tax your patience to the utmost. 1:11 »DE [SI \M» V0LUNTE1 RS. A. kind Providence has »;>:ii • «1 you from the dangers t the i>ut judging ii in the manner in which every other duty was performed, the call forbattle should have mel with a read; response-Sickness has visited your camp, and three of youi members hav< takenaway from you by death, leaving the legacy of a bright


. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . erous and severe, while the extra work at Battery Ver-mont, was well calculated to tax your patience to the utmost. 1:11 »DE [SI \M» V0LUNTE1 RS. A. kind Providence has »;>:ii • «1 you from the dangers t the i>ut judging ii in the manner in which every other duty was performed, the call forbattle should have mel with a read; response-Sickness has visited your camp, and three of youi members hav< takenaway from you by death, leaving the legacy of a bright example ifaithfulness, to a regiment that w ill evei cherish their memory. Of the character and conduct of the regiment, your Commandant couldspeak in too high praise. It has been all that could be asked, and tli _house has been almost a useless institution. And, now. as you close yourlabors, you ran carry with vow the consciousm ss of having faithfully performedevery duty, and you will receive, a* you deserve, the thank- youi citizens. Bv order, JAMES SHAW, JR., John F. Tobey, Colon/ Commanding. Mustered Out. 3o8 THE TENTH REGIMENT. The portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel Hale, has just beenreceived. He was the captainof Company I, until Augustnth, when he was promotedto lieutenant - colonel. Hewas an ideal officer, and theauthor of the interesting let-ters in the Evening Press,from the Tenth Regiment,signed Mathew Bagnet. The fine view of Fort Alex-ander, on the opposite page,will be appreciated by themembers of Companies Eand I, of the Bloody Tenth Rhode Island, as it was christenedin 1S62. It was reproduced from a larger sketch furnished byHon. Henry R. Barker, formerly a sergeant of Company I. Some of the more familiar bugle-calls will touch responsivechords in the memory of the old comrades :


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