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Major General Ambrose Burnside of 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Company D at Camp Sprague, Washington, 1861 Pvt. Wheaton Theodore King, aged 19, before the First Bull Run, where he was wounded, taken to Richmond, then released to Philadelphia, where he died on January 28 ...
The 1st Rhode Island Regiment (also known as Varnum's Regiment, the 9th Continental Regiment, the Black Regiment, the Rhode Island Regiment, and Olney's Battalion) was a regiment in the Continental Army raised in Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War (1775–83). It was one of the few units in the Continental Army to serve through ...
The 11th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Stevens Providence, Rhode Island and mustered into service on October 1, 1862, for a term of service of nine months. It was initially commanded by Colonel Edwin Metcalf, then by Colonel Horatio Rogers Jr. and finally by George Earl Church for the remainder of its service.
The 2nd Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment composed of volunteers from the state of Rhode Island that served with the Union Army in the American Civil War. They, along with the 1st Rhode Island , wore a very simple uniform.
On May 22, 1862, Governor William Sprague issued general orders for the raising of the 7th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment. This regiment was to be the last three-year infantry regiment to be raised in Rhode Island. Camp Bliss was erected in southern Providence and was to be the destination for the recruits for the regiment. Many men came to ...
The 9th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War; raised in Rhode Island and seeing service between May and September 1862. [ 2 ] History
The 10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment served for three months in the summer of 1862. It served, along with its sister units—the 9th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment and the 10th Rhode Island Battery —in the defenses of Washington, D.C.
The 12th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was organized at Providence and mustered for nine months from October 18, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 21.. Attached to 1st Brigade, Casey's Division, Military District of Washington, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. Ohio, to May, 1863 ...