. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . y member of the Ninth Regiment to re-enlist inthe new Seventh Rhode Island Regiment, now being organized,and who can thereupon be mustered out of the Ninth and intothe Seventh. Another correspondent says : Yesterday, I paid a visit to a fewof the forts on the east of the city, garrisoned by our gallant boysof the Ninth Rhode Island, and had the pleasure of witnessing abattalion drill. Although these drills are in great disrepute withthe men these hot midsummer day
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . y member of the Ninth Regiment to re-enlist inthe new Seventh Rhode Island Regiment, now being organized,and who can thereupon be mustered out of the Ninth and intothe Seventh. Another correspondent says : Yesterday, I paid a visit to a fewof the forts on the east of the city, garrisoned by our gallant boysof the Ninth Rhode Island, and had the pleasure of witnessing abattalion drill. Although these drills are in great disrepute withthe men these hot midsummer days, yet they are undoubtedlythe basis of their military proficiency. The accuracy of their 102 THE NINTH REGIMENT drill, and general excellence in battalion movements, call forththe warmest commendations of all who are so fortunate as to wit-ness them, and should afford ample compensation to the men ofthe Ninth, for the physical hardships they have endured in acquir-ing their present military status. The different companies of the regiment are provided with thelarge Sibley tents, and if the number of tents were only increased,. The Sibley Tent. The A Tent. The Shelter Tent. they would be very comfortable; but to have nineteen or twentymen sleeping in one tent in this warm weather seems rather closepacking. But the Sibley tent soon had to go. The armies ofthe Union were growing rapidly, and the shrinkage of tentsbegan. In the years 1861 and 1862 most of the troops on takingthe field were furnished with the Sibley tent. It was quite aspacious pavilion, large enough almost for a good size circus sideshow. When pitched it was a perfect cone in shape, the apex RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS. IO3 being fully twelve feet from the ground. The foot of the centre-pole was held in position by an iron frame, called a tri-pod, thethree legs of which straddled out like those of a straddling attachment seems to have been invented expresslyfor the soldiers to stumble over when mov
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