10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment

HISTORICAL NOTES:

Tje 10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was organized at Providence May 26, 1862. If moved to Washington, D. C., May 27–29. Duty at Camp Frize, Tennallytown, till June 26. It Left for home August 25, and was mustered out September 1, 1862

The Regiment lost 3 soldiers by disease. OFFICERS:

Colonel (later Brig. Gen.) Zenas Bliss – Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Fredericksburg

Nelson W. Aldrich, United States Senator for Rhode Island, 1881-1911

ASSIGNMENTS:

Attached to Sturgis' Command, Military District of Washington till June 26.

SERVICE:

Assigned to Defenses of Washington to September, 1862

ROSTERS:

The composite rosters of this unit contain the names of 890 men.

Company "A" at Fort Franklin[note 3] 38.9554°N 77.1240°W

Company "B" and "K" at Fort Pennsylvania 38°57′10.2″N 77°04′41.9″W. Company B was made up of about 125 students from Brown University and Providence High School.[12] Legend has it that Brown's President Sears consented to allow his students to enlist only on the condition that Gov. Dyer accompany them.

Company "C" at Battery Cameron 38°54′56.3″N 77°05′19.7″W

Company "D" at Fort DeRussy 38.963056°N 77.051111°W

Company "E" and "I" at Fort Alexander (MD)[note 4]

Company "F" at Fort Ripley[note 5]

Company "G" at 'Fort Gaines 38°55′49.4″N 77°05′46.8″W

Company "H"' at Battery Vermont 38°56′15.0″N 77°06′40.0″W and Battery Martin Scott 38°55′49.6″N 77°06′40.1″W

Company "L" near Fort Pennsylvania

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998. Ref. See p. 1222 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.


REFERENCES:
Dyer, Frederick H. - A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
The Union Army by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 1
Wikipedia