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First Regiment and First Battery Rhode Island Detached Militia Veteran Association Records Veterans' organization, Providence, R.I. Records, 1879-1923 Size: 1 linear foot Catalog number: MSS 1006 Processed by: Rick Stattler, September 1997 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
This organization was formed in 1879 by the veterans of two Civil War regiments: the First Regiment Rhode Island Detached Militia and the First Battery Rhode Island Light Artillery. Its mission as stated in its constitution was "keeping alive the remembrance of the events and incidents of their service and of their associations with each other." They met for annual reunions through at least 1923.
Inventory:
Constitution and by-laws, 1880-1897, with scrapbook through 1921.
Register of sons in military service, 1898, with scrapbook through 1917
Minutes of reunions, 1879-1923
Minutes of committee, 1885-1887, with scrapbook through 1921
Minutes of committee, 1898-1920
Treasurer's book, 1880-1920 (in folder)
Treasurer's book, 1913-1923
"List of names of Companies C and D Veteran Association", 1886
List of regiment members who have not joined the veteran's association, 1889
Membership roll, 1880-1921
Membership roll, 1889-1891
Scrapbook, ca. 1986-1920
Folder of loose items:
Roster of Company G, 1919
Roster of Company C, through 1895
3 letters received, 1918-1924
Subjects:
First Regiment, Rhode Island Detached Militia
First Regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
Veterans - Rhode Island
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