Rhode Island's Civil War Dead

Rhode Island's Civil War Dead
Author: Robert Grandchamp
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2019-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1476678715
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 Rhode Island sent 23,236 men to fight in the Civil War. They served in eight infantry regiments, three heavy artillery regiments, three regiments and one battalion of cavalry, a company of hospital guards and 10 batteries of light artillery. Hundreds more served in the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Rhode Islanders participated in nearly every major battle of the war, firing the first volleys at Bull Run, and some of the last at Appomattox. How many died in the Civil War is a question that has long eluded historians. Drawing on a 20-year study of regimental histories, pension files, letters, diaries, and visits to every cemetery in the state, award-winning Civil War historian Robert Grandchamp documents 2,217 Rhode Islanders who died as a direct result of military service. Each regiment is identified, followed by the name, rank and place of residence for each soldier, the details of their deaths and, where known, their final resting places.

Forty-Six Months With The Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers, In The War Of 1861-1865

Forty-Six Months With The Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers, In The War Of 1861-1865
Author: George H. Allen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2009-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781104128517
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865

Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865
Author: Philip Steven Chase
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230309088
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... ROSTER. Captains. James Belger, Newport, R. I. Mustered Oct. 17, 1861; discharged from the First Artillery, U. S. A., Sept. 28, 1861, having served ten years, most of the time as sergeant and first sergeant; commissioned captain, Battery F, Oct. 17, 1861; wounded severely in leg at Blount's Creek, N. C, April q, 1S63; taken prisoner at Drurv's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864; escaped from Salisbury, N. C, Dec, 1864; mustered out of service Dec. 30, 1864. Thomas Simpson, Providence, R. I. Mustered April 12, 1865; corporal, Firet Light Battery, May 2, 1861; discharged Aug. 6, 1861; second lieut., Battery F. Oct. 17, 1861; first lieut., Nov. 5, 1862; taken prisoner Oct. 27, 1864: paroled Feb. 20, 1865; captain, Battery F, April 12, 1865; mustered out of service June 27, 1865. First Lieutenants. Charles II. Pope, Providence, R. I. Mustered Oct. 17, 1861; sergt.-major First Light Battery, May 2, 1861; first lieut., June 1, 1861: mustered out of service Aug. 6, 1861; first lieut., Battery F, Oct. 17, 1861; resigned Oct. 6, 1862; captain and C. S., U. S. V. subsequently. George W. Field, Providence, R. I. Mustered Oct. 17, 1861; corporal Battery A, June 6, 1861: first lieut., Battery F, Oct. 17, 1861: resigned Oct. 26, 1862; second lieut. Co. B, Fourth R. I. Vols., Feb. 5, 1863; killed in action July 30, 1864, at the Crater, near Petersburg, Va. Thomas Simpson, Providence, R. I. See captain. William A. Arnold, Providence, R. I. Mustered Nov. 5, 1862: second lieut., Oct. 17, 1861; first lieut., Nov. 5, 1862: resigned May 4, 1863, on account of physical disability. Peter C. Smith, Providence, R. I. Mustered May 14, 1863; enrolled Sept. 19, 1861: mustered Oct. 29, 1861: sergeant, Oct. 29, 1861; second lieut., Nov. 5, 1862; first lieut., May 14, 1863;...

The Seventh Rhode Island Infantry in the Civil War

The Seventh Rhode Island Infantry in the Civil War
Author: Robert Grandchamp
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:
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With over an 80 percent casualty rate by the war's end, the Seventh Rhode Island participated in some of the fiercest battles of the Civil War. From its muster in the fall of 1862 through the death of the Seventh's last surviving veteran in 1939, this regimental history records the story of the Seventh Rhode Island, a regiment which was among the last of the three years' volunteers. Compiled primarily from firsthand sources such as letters and diaries, it follows the Seventh from Providence, Rhode Island, through the swamps of the Mississippi to the grueling Overland Campaign, providing a gripping historical narrative in the words of those who were actually present. Appendices contain a list of casualties suffered by the regiment, a detailed Role of Honor and a division of enlistments by town. Period photographs, portraits and sketches complete this fascinating tale of the Seventh Rhode Island.

"Death Seem'd to Stare"

Author: Joseph Lee Boyle
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2005
Genre: New Hampshire
ISBN: 0806352671
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Death Seem'd to Stare marks Joseph Lee Boyle's third book honoring the identities of the heroes of the six-month encampment at Valley Forge in 1777-1778. (Earlier volumes dealt with the New Jersey and Connecticut regiments at Valley Forge.) His latest volume examines the New Hampshire and Rhode Island contingents.Mr. Boyle's informative Introduction traces the service of the New Hampshire and Rhode Island regiments before and after they joined General Washington in November 1777. The New Hampshire units, for example, fought opposite portions of General Burgoyne's army at Hubbardton, Vermont; and, later, under General Benedict Arnold at the Battle of Freeman's Farm. For their part, the Rhode Island regiments participated in the American defeat of a Hessian assault on Fort Mercer, New Jersey, in October of the same year. The core of "Death Seem'd to Stare" consists of an alphabetical list in excess of 2,500 New Hampshire and Rhode Island soldiers abstracted from Revolutionary War muster and payrolls. Each patriot is identified by name, rank, date, and term of enlistment or commission, names of regiment and company, and a variety of supporting details, such as date of furlough or discharge, when wounded, when and where promoted, etc.