. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . two oclock P. m., mi a vast,elevated plain, under the gunsof Fort Ward, near FairfaxSeminary. A man who lives here told me that we marchedtwelve miles this side of LongBridge,or twenty miles in all. Captain Hale, Company I,wrote, That the length ofthe march had been variouslyestimated, according to the ok. length of limb and strength of muscle of those who participated,ranging from eighteen miles (about the actual distance), to thirtyor forty ; while Corpo
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . two oclock P. m., mi a vast,elevated plain, under the gunsof Fort Ward, near FairfaxSeminary. A man who lives here told me that we marchedtwelve miles this side of LongBridge,or twenty miles in all. Captain Hale, Company I,wrote, That the length ofthe march had been variouslyestimated, according to the ok. length of limb and strength of muscle of those who participated,ranging from eighteen miles (about the actual distance), to thirtyor forty ; while Corporal Stump declares that he must havetraveled at least a hundred and fifty miles ! Somebody askedhim on the road what regiment it was, and he promptly responded,the One Hundred and Tenth Rhode Island! An old soldierwrote home after such a tramp, Im all right except the dog-gorned blisters on my feet, and I hope these few lines will find youenjoying the same blessings 1 Surely, the monks who used toput peas in their shoes, as a penance, did not suffer more thansome of us did on that march. I recall the celeritv with which Ikick
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