Edward Ephraim Cross (1832-1863) accomplished more in his short lifetime years than most men who ...

Formed in 1801 to protect sea captains against attack from the British navy and Barbary Pirates, ...

Raised from Rhode Island farmers and millworkers in the autumn of 1861, the Union soldiers of Bat...

On May 22, 1862, Governor William Sprague issued general orders for the raising of the Seventh Rh...

Rhode Islanders served in nearly every major battle of the war, firing the first infantry shots a...

Suffering a casualty rate of more than 80 percent by the war's end, the Seventh Rhode Island part...

This book offers a compilation of essays regarding the military history of Rhode Island. Although...

On September 6, 1862 the Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers was mustered into the service of the Uni...

¿ Rhode Island sent 23,236 men to fight in the Civil War. They served in eight infantry regiments...

Known as the 'Fighting Fourth,' the Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers was the last infantry unit rai...

This detailed history is a tribute to the citizens of Scituate, Rhode Island, and their contribut...

The Ocean State has a remarkable record of service during the Civil War. It supplied over twenty-...

The Ocean State has a remarkable record of service during the Civil War. It supplied over twenty-...