. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . and coffee, and started at sunrise forWashington. It was a beautiful morning, and the men startedoff in fine spirits, with a long train of sixty army wagons, loadedwith tents and other camp equipage. A march of seven milesbrought them to Long Bridge, a little before eight oclock, withbut two halts of five minutes each, in a tramp of seven miles. Thecontrabands in fantastic dress and head-gear swarmed about themen pressing them to buy their pies, gingerbread and ho
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . and coffee, and started at sunrise forWashington. It was a beautiful morning, and the men startedoff in fine spirits, with a long train of sixty army wagons, loadedwith tents and other camp equipage. A march of seven milesbrought them to Long Bridge, a little before eight oclock, withbut two halts of five minutes each, in a tramp of seven miles. Thecontrabands in fantastic dress and head-gear swarmed about themen pressing them to buy their pies, gingerbread and one of the men: The suns rays beat clown fiercely onthe perspiring volunteers of the Ninth Rhode Island as we wentmarching over Long Bridge and planted our whangs squarelyupon Virginia sacred soil, which appeared to rise indignant in ourfaces, completely enveloping us in a very fine dust, which stuckto us like wax, and entered our eyes, mouths and noses, addinggreatly to the discomforts of the long march. It was a very hotday, if not the hottest we ever experienced, but we keep tramping RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS. 89. on in the cloud of dust with but two halts, the lat- J. ter of about one hour, to J . consult about our route of ,. i- ^^Z^^i^i^^ march. Then we started again,and at length reached Alexandria, said to be seven miles from Long Bridge. \\Te then made a detour of two or three miles around the outskirts of the city, through marshyfields and rough roads un-til at length the drum gave A Hot Da*,or ,he Ninth Rhode lsland-the welcome signal for the final halt, and the weary and dustymen dropped by the roadside all pretty well used up,—and gladenough to call it a days work, and find needed rest. One of theprivates of Company K, William Henry Harrison Swan, es-caped the long march, as follows : The day before we leftCamp Frieze found him suffering with a severe and protractedattack of side-ache, and on recommendation of the orderly ser-geant he went to the doctor
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