The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861-1865 - Couverture souple
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Fourteenth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Veteran Association was held March 29, i8g8, at which time a committee was appointed, consisting of Gen. Nelson Viall, Maj. Richard G. Shaw, Capt. Joshua M. A ddeman, and Lieuts. Lester S. Hill and Zephaniah Brown, to make arrangements with Snow Farnham for publishing the history of the regiment, and also to petition the General Assembly for an appropriation to assist in defraying the expenses of the same. In compliance with the action of the Association the Committee presented their petition to the General A ssembly, and a resolution was passed by that body authorizing the State to appropriate $600 for the purchase of two hundred copies of the history. Having been appointed to compile the history, I have endeavored to faithfully record the services of our regiment. It formed a part of the Union forces that guarded and protected the Mississippi River, and it received the commendations of its con- manding officers, one of whom, Maj.-G en. Thomas W. Sherman, a native of Rhode I sland, and a distinguished officer of the regular army, pronounced the Fourteenth a noble regiment. My thanks are due to the Committee and all others who have aided me in the preparation of this work, and especially to Capf. Joshua M. A ddeman, who has kindly revised the proof sheets and allowed me to quote freely from his Personal Reminiscences of Two Years with the Colored Troops. That the history may be acceptable to my comrades and the public is my earnest desire. w. H. c.
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