Rhode Island--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Abstract The Battle of Gettysburg Commemoration July 3, 2013, Rhode Island State House Rotunda event program sponsored by The Providence Marine Corps Artillery; Elisha Dyer Camp 7; RI Department of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Members of the 103rd Field Artillery; The Artillery Company of Newport; and Guards of Thunder. Also included is a short history of the Gettysburg Gun; a short biography of former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of RI Frank J. Williams; short administrative...

Content Description Accession includes commissioning documents from the New York state militia and the Rhode Island Volunteers 7th Regiment.1. Photograph (carte-de-visite or CDV) presumed to be Captain Lewis Leavens. 2. Photograph (carte-de-visite or CDV) of J M Dyckman coat of arms (ZYT Bestendig "Be Constant") . 3. Lewis Leavens 2nd Lt. of Riflemen in the 18th Regiment 7th Brigade and 2nd Div. commission for New York State Militia, Nov. 23, 1854. 4. Lewis Leavens 1st Lt. in the 18th Regiment 7th...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Records of Rhode Island forces organized & engaged in the service of the Union against Confederate forces, 1861 – 1865. Includes national, executive, & military correspondence & orders, commissions, appointments & resignations, enlistment, muster & descriptive rolls, bounty & pay receipts, morning and post guard reports, monthly returns, recruits forwarded, ordnance & equipment issued, special requisitions, clothing books, field reports of casualties &...

Scope and Contents Records of Rhode Island forces organized & engaged in the service of the Union against Confederate forces, 1861 – 1865. Includes national, executive, & military correspondence & orders, commissions, appointments & resignations, enlistment, muster & descriptive rolls, bounty & pay receipts, morning and post guard reports, monthly returns, recruits forwarded, ordnance & equipment issued, special requisitions, clothing books, field reports of casualties &...

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This subseries consists of of 28 volumes of published and unpublished manuscripts documenting the history of regiments and battles involving Rhode Island soldiers during the Civil War.

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Record of state aid rendered to disabled & destitute Civil War soldiers & families.

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The First Rhode Island Cavalry Veteran Association papers consist of a receipt book, the Constitution of the organization, a listing of the names of members, the minutes of the executive committee, and the treasurer's reports.

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Function: To record information on a Senate Committee pertaining to the enlistment of George E. Smith. Contents: Testimony before a committee of the state sentate investigating the enlistment of George E. Smith into the United States army. Smith was a minor enlisted from a reform school to serve during the Civil War. Included: name of person testifying, name of interrogator, date of testimony, transcript of the conversation between the two parties.

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Consists of one framed dociment (19" x 23 1/4") dated February 19, 1874 of the 43rd Congress of the United States transferring the ownership of the Gettsyburg Gun to the State of Rhode Island.