1RH-09 - 2 Rhode Island Militia Papau New Guinea marching pose

marching pose

the Mediterranean

Operational role

soldiers developed specialised methods and equipment to counter them

or ammunition boxes

1RH-09 - 2 Rhode Island Militia Papau New Guinea marching poseIn the days following the outbreak of war, Northern states scrambled to assemble small militia groups into regiment size units, recruit additional volunteers and uniform them all in a cohesive manner. Rhode Island was no exception with the added problem of having no official state uniform for its troops. Ambrose Everett Burnside, former major general in the states militia, returned from his job as a N. Y. City banker and stepped up to the task of