10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment

10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
ActiveMay 26, 1862 to September 1, 1862
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Colonel Zenas Bliss
Rhode Island U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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Sergeant Henry G. Lillibridge of Co. H, 10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment served for three months in the summer of 1862. It served, along with its sister units—the 9th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment and the 10th Rhode Island Battery—in the defenses of Washington, D.C.