. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . , and cartridge boxes,with ten and twenty rounds of ammunition. Our rations wereserved last evening and consist of beef and hard-tack. Says Lieutenant Phillips : Our route of march lay throughWashington, where General Scotts fine residence was pointed we approached Willards Hotel Colonel Bliss requested us tostrike up John Brown ; a thousand voices responded, the ladiesthronged the balconies, and, recognizing the colonel, they wavedtheir best wishes, as we
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . , and cartridge boxes,with ten and twenty rounds of ammunition. Our rations wereserved last evening and consist of beef and hard-tack. Says Lieutenant Phillips : Our route of march lay throughWashington, where General Scotts fine residence was pointed we approached Willards Hotel Colonel Bliss requested us tostrike up John Brown ; a thousand voices responded, the ladiesthronged the balconies, and, recognizing the colonel, they wavedtheir best wishes, as we went marching on. Between nine andten the regiment passed over Long Bridge, making the oldwooden structure shake with its measured tread. Tramp, tramp,tramp, how many thousands crossed this bridge of sighs neverto return ! The day was oppressively hot, as we tramped on, pastrifle-pits, fortifications and earthworks. We hadnt been in oleVirginia an hour before we realized that there wasnt so muchfun in it after all. We marched, and marched, and marched till K1K >1>I ISLAM) V< Ml reached Alexandria. Af- „ *.
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