Byron R. Johnson fought in the Civil War, serving with the 11th Rhode Island Infantry. The city of Pawtucket arranged this memorial service, including a procession from City Hall to the Oak Grove ...

Dozens gathered in East Greenwich Saturday afternoon to celebrate the anniversary of the Civil War's final battle.The ...

Just 19 years old when he joined the Rhode Island volunteers in 1861, Elisha Hunt Rhodes had little idea of what to expect from the war or the Union army. His diary of the war years provides ...

The Arkansas organizers contest the Rhode Island parade's claim to the title, pointing out that it takes place on March 16, not St. Patrick's Day itself. LITTLE COMPTON – The not-so-civil war ...

Ambrose Burnside's roller-coaster military career included early Civil War successes ... Burnside would later serve as Rhode Island's governor and U.S. Senator, and the first president of the ...

The Civil War ended with Charles I's execution ... away and John Miles was to end his days in a town he founded in Rhode Island called Swansey. The end of the decade saw the 'Glorious Revolution ...