. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . , etc., he said, You cant come too soon ! Generally afterthe two hours duty the men are glad to get back to their tents. Ned Brown and Fred Armington received boxes from homelast evening. Each of us had a cake from Browns box, andArmington will have his spread this morning. Later: I toldyou so. Armington has just passed the doughnuts, and its jollyto be remembered by the friends at home. As I write, Price liesstretched out before me, and distracts me by asking me
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . , etc., he said, You cant come too soon ! Generally afterthe two hours duty the men are glad to get back to their tents. Ned Brown and Fred Armington received boxes from homelast evening. Each of us had a cake from Browns box, andArmington will have his spread this morning. Later: I toldyou so. Armington has just passed the doughnuts, and its jollyto be remembered by the friends at home. As I write, Price liesstretched out before me, and distracts me by asking me to drawhis army shoes, but I tell him his whangs are too large to betransferred to this sheet life-size! The contrabands brought some nice, soft fresh strawberriesinto camp this morning, at twelve cents per quart. We sent outfor six quarts, and they made a good relish, I assure you. Cost :berries, six quarts, seventy-two cents ; milk, thirty cents ; sugar,ten cents; total, one dollar and twelve cents, divided by sixteenof us, leaves just seven cents for each man to pay. Cheap enoughisnt it ? Have some? i So THE TENTH REGIMENT. The^Ten nallytown Gun Unexpected Capture by the TenthKIiocIl: Island Volunteers. Camp Frieze, Tennallytown. June 18th. Yesterday afternoon, wrote the author, Com-pany B was thrown into quite a flutter of excitement, by theannouncement that it had been detailed for a secret expedition,and was under marching orders. We formed in line, as perregimental orders, with equipments and muskets, and left campat two oclock, p. m., accompanied by the officers of both regi-ments, with directions to observe the strictest silence on themarch. What was going to happen ? Had old Stonewall Jacksonagain ventured within our lines, and were we to have the glory ofsurprising and capturing him ? Unhappily it proved not, thoughStonewall did make a visit to Maryland a few months later, andhis progress, and that of the entire rebel army, was arrested onlyat the terrific pass of An
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