. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . uty, which meantcleaning up the camp, not aparticularly pleasant occu-pation on a dry and dusty day,not much like policemensduty, one of the boys said. The weather is very hot, the mer-cury registering one hundred degrees in the shade. Tell CaptainHale that we are practicing double quick every day so that wemay not be too far behind when that foot-race comes off. \\Richmond falls, as fall it must, we hope they will send us lito repose upon our laurels. Until then
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . uty, which meantcleaning up the camp, not aparticularly pleasant occu-pation on a dry and dusty day,not much like policemensduty, one of the boys said. The weather is very hot, the mer-cury registering one hundred degrees in the shade. Tell CaptainHale that we are practicing double quick every day so that wemay not be too far behind when that foot-race comes off. \\Richmond falls, as fall it must, we hope they will send us lito repose upon our laurels. Until then we must be men of night I was drawn in a crowd of fifty for picket dutyand it promised to be no very delightful duty cither, on a night. Soon we were ordered into line, armed and equippedwith plenty of ball cartridges, and trudged out two or three milesinto the country. Knowing that shooting pickets was a favoriteamusement with the prowling secesh in the vicinity, we found theemployment quite exciting, and as I filled the dignified position of corporal of the guard, I managed to keep my eyes open and the11. o > JJ< Z zUJh uj N UJ O NINTH RH< IDE ISL \M» VOLUN ill Union safe through the night, and at daylight we splashed through the mud back to camp again, pretty well drenched, b tired and sleepy. As soon as dismissed we rolled into the straw as we were, and slept until ten this morning. We then turnedout, and some of us bathed in a mud-puddle. 1 then breakfaslon hard-bread and cheese, and now I am ready fur anything. ••June [8th. We have at last got our full equipments and cloth-ing, and, among other things, our pantaloons, for, dreadful tolate, we have all had to wear our old ones that we brought fromhome, so that most of us might adopt the language of the militarytactics, to the rear open order. Some of them are misfits,and much too large for the boys. The} remind us of the schoolboys trousers, which didnt signify whether he was going toschoo
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