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10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
ActiveMay 26, 1862 to September 1, 1862
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Colonel Zenas Bliss
Sergeant Henry G. Lillibridge of Co. H, 10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment served for three months in the summer 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.

Service

The regiment was mustered info Federal service at Providence on May 26, 1862. It moved to Washington, D. C. from May 27 to 29 and was attached to Sturgis' Command as part of the Military District of Washington. It saw duty at Camp Frieze, Tennallytown until June 26.

It was then assigned to garrison duty in the defences of Washington. Company "A" at Fort Franklin, "B" and "K" at Fort Pennsylvania, "C" at Fort Cameron, "D" at Fort DeRussy. "E" and "I" at Fort Alexander, "F" at Fort Ripley, "G" at Fort Gaines, "H" at Battery Vermond and Battery Martin Scott and "L" near Fort Pennsylvania.

The regiment left for home on August 25 and was mustered out of service on September 1, 1862.

Company B

Company B of the 10th Regiment was made up of about 125 students from Brown University and Providence High School.[1] Its captain for three months was Elisha Dyer, the former governor of Rhode Island.[1] Legend has it that Brown's President Sears consented to allow his students to enlist only on the condition that Gov. Dyer accompany them.[1]

Losses

Regiment lost 3 by disease

Notable Members

References

  1. ^ a b c Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island. Vol. 1. J.H. Beers & Company. 1908. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
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