Excerpt from History of the Eleventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers, in the War of the Rebellion Introduction. Enthusiasm in Recruiting, War Meetings 5. Filling the Companies, (i. Companies I and K, 10. Camp Stevens, 12. Life at Camp Stevens, 12 The Departure, 15. Reception at New York, 17. The Sail to South Amboy, 17. By Rail to Baltimore, 18. At Baltimore, 19. In Washington. 20. Camp at East Capitol Hill, 20. March to Chain Bridge, 21. First Camp on the Sacred Soil, near Chain Bridge, 22. A Speech from the Colonel, 213. Fatigue Duty, 24. A Sabbath in Camp, 26. An Essay on Army Mules. 28. And Army Horses, 29. Ordered into Cowden's Brigade, Change of Camp, 30. The Old Persimmon Tree, 31. The Maine Law, 32. Up in the Morning Early. 32. On the March to a new Camp, 33. Miner's Hill, 34. Life at Miner's Hill, 35. Visitors - Brigade Review, Common Life, 313. Letter-writing Sunday, 37. Division Review, 38. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.