. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . lexandria and Georgetown in full view. On myvisit to Washington I found the flags displayed at half mast, andthe public buildings closed and draped in respect to the memoryof Kx-President Martin Van Buren. Box from home. One of the best things in the box you sokindly sent us was the cake. There is no danger of its beingslighted, as the boys always want to enjoy the boxes only regret I feel about it is that I cannot eat my cake amistill have it. When I
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . lexandria and Georgetown in full view. On myvisit to Washington I found the flags displayed at half mast, andthe public buildings closed and draped in respect to the memoryof Kx-President Martin Van Buren. Box from home. One of the best things in the box you sokindly sent us was the cake. There is no danger of its beingslighted, as the boys always want to enjoy the boxes only regret I feel about it is that I cannot eat my cake amistill have it. When I opened the package, a quarrel immediatelywed, the corporal disputing the possession of the cake withme. I suspect nothing but my superior rank saved it. Finallythe matter was compromised by my giving him a good piece of it,whereupon he left me in peaceable possession of the remainder. Foraging. One of the men wrote home to his mother that hisbright new bayonet had been stained with Southern blood, andthe old lady shuddered at the awful thought. Put.* he added, it wasnt a man I killed, only just a pig. I 12 THE NINTH REGIMENT. if%~ r (A
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