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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: War Papers (MOLLUS) – Rhode Island

By Michael K. Shaffer · Originally published August 2018 · pp. 12–33

Rhode Island, although never forming a commandery like her sister Northern states, emulated them in creating the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society. Eventually, the publishing of 100 papers, which included talks from enlisted men (another Rhode Island variance from the other MOLLUS commanderies) resulted in 10 volumes, 32-41, in the MOLLUS collection. A reminder on the background of this series, the first two volumes of the Broadfoot 1990s reprint set, unnumbered, consist of ‘Biographical Sketches of Contributors,’ and ‘Companions.’ The second volume offers hundreds of photographs of the various members. The collected papers from the commanderies appear in the following order. Ohio, volumes 1-9; Illinois, 1013D; Missouri, vol. 14; Kansas, 15; Maine, volumes 16-19; New York, 20-23; Indiana, 24; Nebraska, 25; Minnesota, 26-31; Rhode Island, 32-41; District of Columbia, 42-45; Wisconsin, 46-49; Michigan, 50-51; Massachusetts, 52-54; Iowa, 55-56; Vermont, 57; Pennsylvania, 58-59; California and Oregon, volume 60; and a four-volume index completes the Broadfoot set. Next month, this column will provide the table of contents of the ten-volume MOLLUS Papers from the District of Columbia and Wisconsin. Digitized-versions of MOLLUS exist online at the organization’s website: http://suvcw.org/mollus/warpapers/warpapers.htm (also check http://suvcw.org/mollus/molid. htm) and at the Internet Archives, http://bit.ly/2EVfpPC. Researchers wishing to purchase the printed set may do so at Broadfoot Publishing, http://www.broadfootpublishing.com. Remember to check WorldCat http://www. worldcat.org/ for help in finding the Papers in a local library; search ISBN 1568370016. Continued good luck in researching the Civil War! Readers wishing to view all the articles in this series thus far can visit https:// issuu.com/mshaffe3. Michael K. Shaffer is a Civil War historian, author, lecturer, instructor, and a member of the Society of Civil War Historians, the Historians of the Civil War Western Theater, and the Georgia Association of Historians. Readers may contact him at mkscdr11@ gmail.com, or to request speaking engagements via his website www.civilwarhistorian.net. Follow Michael on Facebook www. facebook.com/michael.k.shaffer and Twitter @michaelkshaffer.

Vol. 1 (1878-79) Article/Author The First Campaign of the Second Rhode Island Infantry By Elisha H. Rhodes

The Rhode Island Artillery at the First Battle of Bull Run - By J. Albert Monroe

Reminiscences of Service in the First Rhode Island Cavalry - By George N. Bliss

Vol. 3 (1881-83) Article/Author A Cruise Along the Blockade By Frank B. Butts, Paymaster’s Clerk, U.S.N. The High School Boys of the Tenth R.I. Regiment, with a Roll of Teachers and Students Who Served in the Army or Navy of the United States During the Rebellion - By William A. Spicer, Tenth R.I. Vols. Services of the Cavalry in the Army of the Potomac - By Edward P. Tobie, (late 2nd Lt. First Maine Cavalry) Prison Life of Lieut. James M. Fales - By Major Geo. N. Bliss

My First Cruise at Sea, and the Loss of the Iron-Clad Monitor By Frank B. Butts

Kit Carson’s Fight with the Comanche and Kiowa Indians, at the Adobe Walls on the Canadian River - By George H. Pettis A Trip to Richmond as Prisoner of War - By Edward P. Tobie

Incidents of Cavalry Service in Louisiana - By Charles H. Parkhurst

Ambrose Everett Burnside (A Memorial Address) - By Rev. Augustus Woodbury, (late Chaplain First R.I. Vols.) Incidents of Service with the Eleventh Regiment R.I. Volunteers - By Col. Charles H. Parkhurst Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864 - By Capt. John K. Bucklyn

The Bay Fight, a Sketch of the Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 - By William F. Hutchinson, M.D. Personal Incidents in the Early Campaigns of the Third Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers and the Tenth Army Corps - By Edwin Metcalf Battle of the Mine - By Ervin T. Case

Chaplain First R.E. Cavalry) Reminiscences of the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 - By Col. J. Albert Monroe Vol. 5 (1885-87) Article/Author Recollections of Service in the Twelfth Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers - By Oscar Lapham The March to the Sea - By Charles A. Hopkins

Vol. 4 (1883-85) Article/Author Life on the Texan Blockade - By W. F. Hutchinson My Four Months’ Experience as a Prisoner of War - By Thomas Simpson Gunboat Service on the James River - By William B. Avery

The Siege and Capture of Harper’s Ferry by the Confederates, September, 1862 - By William H. Nichols, 3D Service with Battery F, First Rhode Island Light Artillery By Philip S. Chase

Vol. 6 (1889-90) Article/Author From Monocacy to Danville By Alfred S. Roe The Siege and Capture of Harper’s Ferry by the Confederates, September, 1862 - By William H. Nichols, 3D Service with Battery F, First Rhode Island Light Artillery By Philip S. Chase The First Rhode Island Cavalry at Middleburg, VA., June 17 and 18, 1863 - By George N. Bliss Personal Recollections of General Sheridan - By Edward P. Tobie

A Private’s Recollections of Fredericksburg - By Eugene A. Cory Camp and Hospital - By George B. Peck

Cavalry Service with Gen. Sheridan, and Life in Libby Prison - By George N. Bliss Service with Battery F, First R.I. Light Artillery, in North Carolina - By Phillip S. Chase

Cavalry Service with Gen. Sheridan, and Life in Libby Prison - By George N. Bliss

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Service with Battery F, First R.I. Light Artillery, in North Carolina - By Phillip S. Chase

Reminiscences of Gunboat Service on the Nansemond - By Frank B. Butts The Battle of Groveton, August 28, 1862 - By Frederic Denison

Duffié, and the Monument to his Memory - By George N. Bliss The Burnside Expedition, and the Engagement at Roanoke Island - By William L. Welch Battery D., First Rhode Island Light Artillery, at the Second Battle of Bull Run - By J. Albert Monroe Vol. 9 (1903-05) Article/Author A Forlorn Hope - By Leverett C. Stevens

Recollections of Monocacy - By Alfred S. Roe

Rhode Island Vol. 2 (1880-81) Article/Author First Cruise of the Montauk - By Samuel T. Browne, Paymaster U.S.N.

A Country Boy’s First Three Months in the Army - By Gen. C. Henry Barney

Battery F, First R.I. Light Artillery - By Col. Phillip S. Chase

The Marine Artillery with the Burnside Expedition, and the Battle of Camden, N.C. - By Capt. Wm. B. Avery The Battles of Roanoke Island and Elizabeth City - By Lorenzo Traver, M.D.

The Burnside Expedition - By Gen. A. E. Burnside

Reminiscences of Two Years with the Colored Troops - By Capt. J. M. Addeman

A Recruit Before Petersburg By Geo. B. Peck Jr., M.D.

Personal Experience of the Chancellorsville Campaign - By Gen. C. Henry Barney The Battle of Cedar Mountain, a Personal View - By Rev. Frederic Denison, A.M., (late Chaplain First R.E. Cavalry) Reminiscences of the War of the Page 1 of 4 Rebellion, 1861-1865 - By Col. J. Albert Monroe Vol. 5 (1885-87) Article/Author Recollections of Service in the Twelfth Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers - By Oscar Lapham The March to the Sea - By Charles A. Hopkins

Reminiscences of Service With Colored Troops in the Army of the Cumberland, 1863-65 - By Thomas J. Morgan Frontier Service During the Rebellion; or, a History of Company K, First Infantry California Volunteers - By George H. Pettis Reminiscences of Service with the Twelfth Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers, and a Memorial of Col. George H. Browne - By Pardon E. Tillinghast Battery D. First Rhode Island Light Artillery, at the Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862 By J. Albert Monroe Relief of Washington, North Carolina, by the Fifth Rhode Island Volunteers - By William W. Douglas A Private’s Reminiscences of the First Year of the War - By E. Benjamin Andrews Battle of Kelly’s Ford, March 17, 1863 - By Jacob B. Cooke

The Investment of Fort Pulaski By Alonzo Williams

The Last Tour of Duty at the Siege of Charleston - By Col. Charles H. Williams

Incidents of Cavalry Experience During Gen. Pope’s Campaign - By William Gardner, Sgt. First R.I. Cavalry

Vol. 6 (1889-90) Article/Author From Monocacy to Danville By Alfred S. Roe

The First Rhode Island Cavalry at Middleburg, VA., June 17 and 18, 1863 - By George N. Bliss Personal Recollections of General Sheridan - By Edward P. Tobie

The Monitor and the Merrimac - By Frank B. Butts

The Monitor and the Merrimac - By Frank B. Butts From Bridgeport to Ringgold, by Way of Lookout Mountain By Albert R. Greene Duffié, and the Monument to his Memory - By George N. Bliss The Burnside Expedition, and the Engagement at Roanoke Island - By William L. Welch Battery D., First Rhode Island Light Artillery, at the Second Battle of Bull Run - By J. Albert Monroe Vol. 9 (1903-05) Article/Author A Forlorn Hope - By Leverett C. Stevens How I Lost My Sabre in War and Found It in Peace - By George N. Bliss Reminiscences of the Signal Service in the Civil War - By Henry S. Tafft Extracts From My Diary, and From My Experiences While Boarding with Jefferson Davis, in Three of his Notorious Hotels in Richmond, Virginia, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Salisbury, North Carolina, From July, 1861, to June 1862 - By William J. Crossley The Maryland Campaign with the Fourth Rhode Island - By Henry J. Spooner

From Bridgeport to Ringgold, by Way of Lookout Mountain By Albert R. Greene

Vol. 7 (1891-93) Article/Author Recollections of Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery - By

Vol. 7 (1891-93) Article/Author Recollections of Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery - By George C. Sumner My Boyhood at West Point - By William W. Bailey

From Memphis to Allatoona, and the Battle of Allatoona - By George W. Hill Recollections of the United States Naval Academy - By John C. Pegram

How I Lost My Sabre in War and Found It in Peace - By George N. Bliss Reminiscences of the Signal Service in the Civil War - By Henry S. Tafft Extracts From My Diary, and From My Experiences While Boarding with Jefferson Davis, in Three of his Notorious Hotels in Richmond, Virginia, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Salisbury, North Carolina, From July, 1861, to June 1862 - By William J. Crossley The Maryland Campaign with the Fourth Rhode Island - By Henry J. Spooner

Reminiscences of the Signal Service in the Civil War - By Henry S. Tafft From Spottsylvania (sic) to Wilmington, N.C., By Way of Andersonville and Florence - By Sidney S. Williams

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With the Ninth Army Corps in East Tennessee - By W. A. Nason

In a Rebel Prison; or, Experiences in Danville - By Alfred S. Roe Richmond, Annapolis, and Home - By Alfred S. Roe

In a Rebel Prison; or, Experiences in Danville - By Alfred S. Roe Richmond, Annapolis, and Home - By Alfred S. Roe John Albert Monroe, First Rhode Island Light Artillery. A Memorial (no author) The Gettysburg Gun - By John H. Rhodes A Chaplain’s Experience in the Union Army - By Frederic Denison Vol. 10 (1905-15) Article/Author Reminiscences of the Burnside Expedition - By William H. Chenery From the Rapidan to the James Under Grant - By Ezra K. Parker An Incident in the Battle of Middleburg, VA - By Charles O. Green War Reminiscences - By Martin S. James The Sailor on Horseback - By William E. Meyer Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, in Kentucky and East Tennessee By Ezra K. Parker The Negro as a Soldier - By George R. Sherman The Military Services of MajorGeneral Ambrose Everett Burnside in the Civil War, Part I By Daniel R. Ballou The Military Services of MajorGeneral Ambrose Everett Burnside in the Civil War, Part II - By Daniel R. Ballou The Second Rhode Island Volunteers at the Siege of Petersburg, VA - By Elisha H. Rhodes

John Albert Monroe, First Rhode Island Light Artillery. A Memorial (no author)

Richmond, Annapolis, and Home - By Alfred S. Roe John Albert Monroe, First Rhode Island Light Artillery. A Memorial (no author)

Through Chancellorsville, Into and Out of Libby Prison - By Clay MacCauley. The Storming of the Lines of Petersburg by the Sixth Corps, April 2, 1865 - By Hazard Stevens Reminiscences of the Signal Our Last Campaign and Service in the Civil War - By Subsequent Service in Texas Henry S. Tafft By James Shaw From Spottsylvania (sic) to The Florida Campaign with Wilmington, N.C., By Way of Light Battery C, Third Rhode … … … from page 13 Andersonville and Florence - By Island Heavy Artillery - By Sidney S. Williams Patrick Egan

The Gettysburg Gun - By John H. Rhodes

A Chaplain’s Experience in the Union Army - By Frederic Denison

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Vol. 10 (1905-15) Article/Author Reminiscences of the Burnside Expedition - By William H. Chenery From the Rapidan to the James Under Grant - By Ezra K. Parker An Incident in the Battle of George C. Sumner My Boyhood at West Point - By William W. Bailey

Rickard Kearsarge and Alabama Page 3 of 4 - By William H. Badlam

Vol. 10 (1905-15) Article/Author Reminiscences of the Burnside Expedition - By William H. Chenery From the Rapidan to the James Under Grant - By Ezra K. Parker An Incident in the Battle of

Vol. 8 (1894-99) Article/Author Services with Colored Troops in Burnside’s Corps. - By James H.

Vol. 8 (1894-99) Article/Author Services with Colored Troops in Burnside’s Corps. - By James H. Rickard Kearsarge and PageAlabama 2 of 4 - By William H. Badlam

From Andersonville to Freedom - By Charles M. Smith

From Fredericksburg to Gettysburg - By Benjamin H. Child

Operations of the Cavalry Corps, Middle Military Division, Armies of the United States, From February 27 to March 8, 1865, Participated in by the First Rhode Island Cavalry - By William Gardiner The Organization and First Campaign of Battery E, First Rhode Island Light Artillery By Francis E. Butts Assault on Fort Gilmer and Experiences of Prison Life - By George R. Sherman Battle of the Crater and Experiences of Prison Life - By Sumner U. Shearman

By Francis E. Butts Assault on Fort Gilmer and Experiences of Prison Life - By George R. Sherman Battle of the Crater and Experiences of Prison Life - By Sumner U. Shearman

The Sword of Honor, From Captivity to Freedom - By Hannibal A. Johnson Through Chancellorsville, Into and Out of Libby Prison - By Clay MacCauley. The Storming of the Lines of Petersburg by the Sixth Corps, April 2, 1865 - By Hazard Stevens Our Last Campaign and Subsequent Service in Texas By James Shaw The Florida Campaign with Light Battery C, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery - By Patrick Egan