The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-29
THE GRAND ARMy.

THE GRAHD ARMY.
The Departments Commander, David s.
Raw opened the midsummer festival OF
Babbitt Post of Bristol last Monday
evening. Previous TO entering the hall
where the festival was held the Post made
streets of the town, accompanied by the
Bristol Fife and Drum Corps, Continental
Drum Corps Of PROVIDENCE and the
Naval Reserve Torpedo Company. The
object Of this festival Is TO enable Babbltt
Post to secure funds TO defray the ex-
penses OF the contemplated trip to Wash
in9ton in September.
Two applications were received in George
II. Brown Post Monday evening.
There was large attendance of com
rades at Slocum Post last Wednesday
evening, Commander Curtis presided.
Three candidates were elected to member
ship. After short session the Post was
closed and campfire was held, presided
over by Past Commander William Il.
Stone. He opened the exercises by call
ing upon the following comrades for ad-
dresses Comrades Dutee Johnson.
George NJ. Turner OF Slocum Post, Com
rade Keenan, OF Arnold Post. Past Com
mander James A. Abbott, Comrades Tay-
lor, Weeden, Munro, aud Chaplain
Crocker of Siocum Post fhe usual col
lation was served. Commander Curtis
explained in a forcible manner all the de-
the Post will make concerning the pro-
posed excursion to Washington.
Tomorrow Saturday several Of the
RHODE ISLAND Veteran organizations of
old soldiers will hold grand reunion at
Rocky Point. The badge OF the Third
RHODE ISLAND Heavy Artillery Veteran
Association which Is printed on their
circulars is one of the handsomest we
have ever seen.
Gen. Frank Wheaton contemplates
visiting RHODE ISLAND in September.
Omcers Killed In Battle.
Mai. Gen. Isaac i. Stevens was killed at
| the battle Of Chantilly, Sept. /, 1862 On
that day he was In command OF the first
division of the Ninth Corps. Opposed to
him wasa force consisting Of Stonewall
Jackson's troops Forming his division
into column Of brigades he charged the
| enemy with the bayonet. Meanwhile the
| enemy had taken position behind fence
| in the edge of the wood and opened O
deadly fire upon our advancing troops.
Gen. Stevens, seeing the head Of the col
umn waver, rushed forward, seized the
colors of the Seventy y-ninth Highlanders,
| and, calling on his troops to follow him,
| led them in resistless charge, which
swept back the enemy and gained the
| position. In the very moment of success
he fell, pierced through the brain by a
rebel bullet. His remains were brought
! of the field and buried in Newport, II. l.
| Gen. Stevens graduated from the West
| Point Military Academy in 1899.
Col. Sylvester q. Hill, of the thirty
| fifth Iowa regiment. was killed in front
| Of Nashville. on the 18th Of December,
| 1864. He was born in East Greenwich.
June 10, 1920. He learned the trade of
| cabinet-maker in his native village, aud,
when nineteen years old, emigrated to the
west and located just in Cincinnati aud
afterwards in Muscatine. Iowa, where for
thirteen years he was a leading and
| highly respected citizen aud successful
man of business. In 1854 when q call for
| troops was made, he raised company for
| the thirty-fifth Iowa regiment, and was
| appointed colonel. He was In the Vicks-
burg campaign. His second son was
killed by his side on the Red River expe-
| dition.
Capt. Francis b. Ferris was born in
| PROVIDENCE. X. l., Dec 20, 1880. He was
| educated in the public schools of his ma
| tive city and removed 20 Princeton, ILL.,,
| where he practiced dentistry LllCil April
| 25, 1861, when he received a commission as
| captain of Company /, Twelfth Illinois
| Infantry. He was wounded at the battle
of Shiloh, and died twelve days afterward
Capt. Isaac u. Kenyon was a son of the
late Judge Kenyon Of Richmond. X. l.,
| and at the time of his enlistment he was
| engaged in mercantile pursuits in PRovI-
Il
| First Connecticut Infantry. He was NOR
tally wounded Aug Is, 1854, while on duty
| in the trenches in front of Petersburg.
| After being removed TO the Eighteenth
| Corps hospital he fingered for two weeks,
and died Sept. /, 1864, attended by his
| wife and brother.
First Lieut.. Stephen II. Southwick was
born in Newport, X. l., December 20, 1888.
| He was carpenter by trade, and pursued
| that occupation until the year 1859, when
he removed to Indiana, and opened a
store in Paoli in that State At the open
| ing Of the rebellion he raised detach-
ment Of thirty five men in one day in
| town containing but five hundred inhabi-
tants. He was offered the position OF
| first lieutenant, but modestly accepted
| commission as second lieutenant. He
| was subsequently, however, promoted to
the first lieutenancy OF his company In
the hotly contested battle OF Pittsburg
Landing, April o, 1862, Lieut.. Southwick
was struck by grape shot and instantly
killed.
Lieut. Robert Rhodes, U. s. Navy. was
born in Warwick, r. l. AT the age of 16
he entered the merchant marine service
aud was employed by Messrs. Greene &
Arnold of PROVIDENCE in the trade to the
eastern coast of Africa, in which he con-
tinued for three years. He was after
wards in the employ of Rinos ID. Smith
and visited various parts OF the Mediter-
ranean and South America. On return
ing from his last voyage he Joined the
First RHODE ISLAND Regiment. On the
muster out of his regiment he received
tho appointment of acting masters mate
and was ordered to the bark Fernandina.
On the 18th OF December this vessel CAP
tured the schooner William ii. Northrop,
while attempting TO run the blockade.
Mr.. Rhodes was placed IN charge Of
the. prize and successfully brought
his vessel to 4 New York. He was
subsequently ordered to the gunboat
Clifton aud promoted to a lieutenancy.
On the sth Of September, 1862, an action
took place between the United States
fleet and the rebels, in which Lieut..
Rhodes was killed. At the time OF his
death the fleet OF gunboats aud transports
were steaming towards Sabine Pass. the
Clifton in advance. She had reached a
point WITHIN 300 yards of a rebel battery
when she ran on n sand key. Scarcely
had the order been given to reverse the
engine when thirty-two pound shot
came crashing through :the bulkhead and
into the steam drum, thus cutting off all
hopes OF escape by retiring. Lieut.