All for the Union: A History of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Great Rebellion as Told by the Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, who Enlisted as a Private in '61 and Rose to the Command of His Regiment |
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10th Mass 2nd R.I. Vols 37th Mass 6th Corps Adjutant Army arrived Artillery Battery Beugless bridge Brigade Brightwood Burkesville called Capt Captain Cavalry Centreville Chaplain City Point Colonel command Company Court House crossed dark daylight Division Downsville dress parade duty Elisha H enemy Falmouth Feby fight fire Frank Wheaton Fredericksburg front guard guns Harpers Ferry Headquarters hill horse James River Jany July June Keyes killed Last night Lieut Lieutenant marched Maryland miles Monday morning move o'clock officers ordered passed Petersburg picket line pleasant pontoon bridge Potomac Potomac River railroad rain Rapidan River Rappahannock River reached rear Rebels Regiment Richmond ride rifle pits river road rode Second Rhode Island Sedgwick sent Sept Sergeant shell shot sleep soldiers soon Spottsylvania Court House Sprague streets Sunday tent tomorrow took troops Union Virginia wagon Warrenton Washington Wheaton Winchester woods wounded Yesterday