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ROSTER AND SOUVENIR

1st Rhode Island RegimentUNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS

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LIEUT|r^ANT COLONEL FRANK1st

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COOK,

Rhode

Island

Regiment, United States Volunteers.

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FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERSColonclChas. W. Abbot,Jr.

Lieutenant Colonel FranV. A. Cook.

Major A\v\n A Mayor Jas.

Barker.F.

Phetteplace.

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14Darrell Harvey.

Major and Surgeon Dt. Lester S. Hill. 1st Lieut, and Asst. Surgeon Ur. N.l$t Lieut,

and

Asst. Surgeon

Dr.

Rowland R. Robinson.Hopkins.

1st Lieut

and Adjutant CorneWus Barrows. and Quartermaster ?ran]iJ.

1st Lieut,

E.

Chaplain Rev. Joseph

Woolley.

NON-COMMISSIOXED STAFFSergeant

Major George H. Slocum.Quartermaster Sergeant HoraceS.

Peck.F.

Hospital Steward Harry

Sanderson.

Hospital Steward George W. Young. Hospital .S/cirarrf Herlwyn R. Green.

BANDChief Musieian R. H. Fairman.Prineipal

Musician E. L. House. Principal Musician E. Scholz. Sergeant Wm. D. Eddy. Corporal Geo.

B.

M. Lampliear.

MusiciansBancroft, F.

W.

Laferriere, Olivirer, Jr.

Bancroft, S., Jr.

Bascombe, Clias. H. Brennan, Thos. H.Budzeck,

Wm.Johnson, Wilfred. Kearney, Thos.

r)essault, Paul.

Lyons, Daniel. McCarty, Chas. A. Phanauf, Adelord. Porter, Edward. Primeau, Xavier.Stone, Frank.

Fournier, Henry.

Thornton, Frank. Wood, Geo. A.

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Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers1STITS ORGANIZATION,

MARCHES, AND CAMPS

wHenry

'HEXfor

the

I'jL-sidentin

issued

his first call for volunteers to serve

two rears21,

the war with

Spain which had been declared

the patriotism and fervor of the people of Rhode Island were aroused, ami innnediate steps were taken toward forming a regiment to send to the " h'ont." Kecriiitins offices were opened in the cities of I'rovitlence, Woonsocket, Newport, and I'awtncket, ami as fast as men were enlisted they

on April

189S,

were sent to Camp Elisha Dyer, which li.id been opened on May 2, at Ouonset Point, North Kingstown, under connuand of Lieutenant-Colonell). Rose, of the Rhode Island lime to recruit the new regiment up

Militia.

It

took but a very shortof

to 12

companies

77

men

each,

and on the

26th of

May

a start

was made

lor

Camp

Alger, \'a.

regiment, under conmiancl of Colonel Clias. \V. Abbot, paraded through Providence on the afternoon of the 26th, and on every hand was met with the greatest enthusiasm, the people vying with each other in their efifiirts to give a respond fitting farewell to the noble sons of the state who had Ijeen so quick to

The

to their country's call.

the steamer

same day, the regiment embarked on Jersey City, N. J., at 6.10 A. Ji. on the following day. The transferring of the regiment from the boat to the cars took but very little time, and at g.55 A. m. .mother start was made on the Baltimore Philadelphia was passed at noon, P.altiand Ohio railroad toward Washington. 27tli. at 6 o'clock, and Washington was reached at .S o'clock I'. M. on the more Here a delay of a short time occurred, and the train was side-tracked until )inm Loring, \'a., arriving there at 10.30 on the at which time it left torAt6.30i\

M. of thein

J?/iijde

Island,

arriving

9.30,

1

morning

of the 2Sth.

From

that time on, progress to

Camp

Alger was very slow,

toward the balance of the day and half of the night being consumed in moving camp, which was finally reached at halt an honr after midnight, the b.ilance ofthe night being spent on the cars. Before the regiment was able to pilch ils leiils in the morning, it was nece.sbut sary to clear the ground of trees and brush, which took consideralile time, eventually the place was ])Ut into good shape, tents were pitched, and the regi-

ment

settled

took place on for the

down May

to31.

its

first

experience

in

camp-life.

Mnstering

lor

lust

pay

camp drills,Thefirst

ordered was reached at 1:30 p. m. of the same day, and tents were pitched and a regular camp opened, which lasted until llu- morning of the 19th, when, at 7 a. m. the The march back line of march w.is taken up ag.iin for a return to Camp Alger.

ne.\t two weeks the time was consmned in the ordinary routine of parades, and guard-mounting being kept up with great regularity. break in the routine was luade on June 17, when the regiment was This place to Difficult Run, Fairfa.K comUy, Va., for a practice march.

was a very hard one, taking all clay ,and evening, with no stops, and Camp .\lger was reached at nndnight. While the regiment was lying ,it Camp Alger, the second call for vohnUcrrs .i| was m.ade, and officers were sent back to Camp Klisha Dyer for llu- purpose maxinuim slrenglh of 12 ompanies of lof, men recrniling the regimenl up to ils

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new recruits arrived, and cm June 27 another, march was Run, returning on the 30tli. Camp was broken on August 3 for the movement ot' the troops to ThorThe weather was intensely hot, and the snftering among the men ou.^litare Gap. very great. General Davis, commanding the Second Division of the Second Army Corps, led the march, and of the 11,000 men that started, but 4,000 arrived at the Here a halt was made in order to allow the stragglers to first stopping-place. catch up with the main body, and early in the morning of August 5 the march Bull Run, V'a., was reached at about noon, and the regiment was was resumed. encamped in front of an old Confederate breastworks, a relic of the Civil War. At 7 o'clock the ne.xt evening the line of inarch was taken up to Manassas, where Companies G, I, E, B, K, and C, under command of I.t.-Col. Cook, arrived at 9 i. M., pitching their tents in the court house yard of that town. Companies C and K left Manassas under command of Major Phetteplace, and marched to Bristow, arriving there the morning of August 7. On the same day the six companies which had been left behind on the march to Manassas led At Bristow they the division on its march through Bristow to Chapel Springs. and E marched from Manassas Companies were joined by Companies C and K. Company G on August 8, and joined the other companies at Chapel Springs. also started to join the regiment later, and in doing so met with difficulties whicheach.

On June

24 the

made

to Difficult

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In its march it was necessary the members. and in doing so, many of the members lost their for the In order to get through, rifies and bl.inkrts in the swollen and turbulent stream. compelled to link arms and wade in the water neck-deep. the nun were )n .Vugust 9 Comany C rejoine/rt/;/

CHARLES

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TILLINGHAST.R. \VILLIAi\rS.

First Licti/ciiaiifAl.O^ZO

Second Lii///c-/ta//fAMASA M.

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SERGEANTSMrs/^JoHNOiiar/t'i-niastcr

BuRTiiN T. Fitts.

E.

Carr.A. |(ihnson.

Mii.xnNI'.

Earle Brow.x. Fred A. Rowell.BenjaminF.

Mdir. Charles F. Martin. Eliir- S. Tittle.Irving

Richard

E.B.

Sanders. W'olfer.n.\NKuRTii.

Walter

Frank

L.

Wehster.

MUSICIANSLlovd W. Rol.vds. Walter F. Marchant.

CORPORALSC.\rleton F. Nicholas. Fr.\nk E. Cole. George H. Tracv. .Alvah J. Webster.

ARTIFICERFrederick A. Bischoff.

Thomas

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Smithies.

\\'illl\m a.

McKenzih.

VJCAGONER Charles A. Citlek.

...PRIVATES..Aldrich, Robert N.

Allebaugh, Henry T. Allen, Crawford. Barnes, Harry. Berg, Carl V.Bliss,

FIvnn, Patrick. Forsvth, William S. Goft',' Harry E.Goff, James A. Gorman, Herbert

Marshall, Charles A.

McCausland. W.iltcr Meegan, John V.Mitchell,

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George H.

F.

Jerome

B.1'.

Brehany, James

Brown,

Alljert L.

Byer, Joseiih B.

Cady, Frank N. Campbell, Neil A. Carroll, John. Cooper, Oliver W. Couglilin, John F.D.ilton, Thomas. Donahue, Edward. Donovan, fohn A. I". Drinan, John T., |r.

Hadtield, William H. Hannah, Alexander. Hann.ih, Hugh. Hawkins, Fred. Henchev, Peter E.

Monell, Williaiii E. Moran, foseph L. Morin, Zephirs 1'^

Mykins, Joseph H.Nantelle,

George

E.

Hendrick, Charles N. Hennessv, I'rederick Hill, Eugene. Hougli, Robert B.Jenckes, Harry B.

B.

Packer, Harry F. Parker, Charles E. Paull, Charles L. F.Phillips,

Ambrose

B.

Plunkett, Joseph A.

Reynolds, George G.Root,

Kavnaugh, George W.Killon, Byron.

Henry

T.,I.

Jr.

Sandelman, [ohn F..Sjogren, Carl

Drovvne, Robert H. Dupoiiy, Milton A. Eaton, William D. EUery, Leon K. IClmes, Robert.L'enton,

King, Harry C. Knight, Charles A.

.Smith,

John

P.

Lawson, Andrew.Lindell, Charles T. Lottie, Arthur J.

.Mack, Cornelius

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George

J.J..S.,

I-'innegan, Jolni

Fisher,

George

Jr.

Fletcher. Albert. Fletcher, Everett E.

Macl'hcrson, Thomas D. Maguire, Willi,un |. Manning, |ohn 1-'. .Marchant, Charles.

Smith, [esse. Smith, Walter B.. Jr. Spinney, Harry R. Stead, Herbert G. .Swank, Thaddeus A. Taylor, Joseph [.

Ward, Samuel P. Whitmarsh, Henry A. Williams, Herbert R.

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Company B, ut Rhode Island3rd battalion

United

States

Volunteer

Infantry

...OFFICERS...Gi/>/.

John M. Freeman, Georj;e W.I'ranco,II.

Ash worth,

lulwiiril1

Gallacher, Daniel. Gallager, Lewis J.

1. Austin, William Baraclou.^h, Li-upcikl

P.L-niK-tt.

lulward II. Hlanchard, I'a-njaniinP.'P.

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Gardner, James 1 1. Geary, i\Iichael. Gormley, James F. Green, James K.(

Parsons, Frederick. Patterson, Charles A. PeiidletoTL lulward H. Preiiderirast, hihn C. Pridy. William II. Rochford, William E.

Bodo, Tellis

'j\iy,

l''r.-mk

E.J.

Rooney, James. Rushlow, Clifford. Saul, Joseph P.Sexton, Patrick F. Spiller, William G. .Sullivan, John. Taylor, Herbert E.Th.iin, Willi.im.X.

Bowers, Richartl Bovvers, Sanuirl Brown, John !'. P.iirdick, ArchieCaiUelin. |ohn1

II.art,J1

John

W'.,

W.1.

Adolph. Ileanev, Henry. Hill, William O.1.irtmeyer,II

F.iirdick. (;eori;v E.

loadley, l-Vederick. lockstein, Arthur E.1

Cavenant;h,

Thomas

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Ch.ipman, Thomas I.. Cole, Joseph W. Collins, Frederick W. Coiinell, John J. Connors, Peter J. Cook, .Stephen A. Cooke, Samuel V.. Cox. |os'-ph L.Cronin. |.imes F.Cuttle,

Kenyon, George Kin;.;. Harry M.Kins, lohnLee, FrankV..

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Wilcox, Herbert F. Wilson. lohn W.\'ouni;, Gilbert.

Larkum, HenryJ.

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Arnold, Edwin F.,Tr.iiisfcrTed to Co.I-.

Lindbur.u, ICrnest B.

Boss, Burton S.,Transferred lo Hnspit.i! Corps.

Mahan, lames

J.J.

Maloney, Kiih.ird

Carpenter, Geo. E.,Transferred lo(

E. Donnellv, Iln-h F. Dully, John IJ.I'eelev, lohiiI'"ollelt.

Thomas

McCabe, Terrv. McCallam. Charles. McCann, William j.I'Vank P. N'orthup, Theodore. O'Niell. |i>hn I". O'Toole, Martin. Palmer, h'rederick A.

McClosky,

Wm.

o B. A..

Transferred to Hospital Corps.

Guimetle. Georj^e E.,Transferred lo Co.("..

McGoush,

Row.in, George A.,Transferred to Hospital Corps.

T.I''.

Jolm

Thompson,

I''orsvth,

William T.,

I"lbrids;e H., Transferred to Co. C,

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Rhodebattalion

United States Volunteer Infantry

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