Rhode Island's Own: ENTRY Page By RI MOLLUS & Gregg A. Mierka

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"Rhode Island's Own"
A Series of Rhode Island Civil War Biographies
Written, Illustrated and Researched By:
Gregg A. Mierka, Douglas R. Niermeyer and Lydia L. Rapoza
ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL CONSULTANTS:
Thomas Casey Greene, Henry A. L. Brown, The Late Brian Pohanka
Nicole Burnside Prohuska, Robert Hunt Rhodes, Russell DeSimone
Rev. Raymond J. Ferrick, Rev. Dr. Robert G. Carroon,
Prof. John Hattendorf, Chief Justice Frank J. Williams and Mark H. Dunkelman
Featuring Period Music By: Ed Sweeney and Alisia Jones.

Rhode Island's Own
RI MOLLUS Biographies Indexed By Volume & Pages

Take A Journey Back In Time
Experience Rhode Island's Great Civil War History
and
Get To Know
A Few Of Those Who Made It

PART I:
The biography of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside
The most unfairly maligned Rhode Islander in American History.
By: Gregg A. Mierka

PART II:
The biography of Major General George Sears Greene
The Rhode Islander who saved America at Gettysburg.
By: Gregg A. Mierka

PART III:
The biography of Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce
Father of the Rhode Island Newport U.S. Naval War College.
By: Douglas R. Niermeyer

PART IV:
The biography of Governor William Sprague
Abraham Lincoln's "Boy" War Governor.
By: Lydia L. Rapoza

PART V:
The biography of Lt. Col. Elisha Hunt Rhodes
The Boy Colonel of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
By: Robert Hunt Rhodes & Gregg A. Mierka

PART VI:
The Biography of Captain William Albert Arnold
Gritty Rhode Island Commander of Battery A, 1st Regmnt. R.I. Light Artillery.
By: Gregg A. Mierka

PART VII:
The biography of Major General Frank Wheaton 6th Corps Army of the Potomac
The Rhode Islander who held a General's rank longer than anyone in U.S. Army History.
By: Gregg A. Mierka

Click on the right or left book cover
between the photographs
to open the book and access each chapter of
Rhode Island's Own Parts I ~ VII
and select the chapter biography you want.

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Major General
Ambrose E. Burnside
Major General
George Sears Greene
Rear Admiral
Stephen B. Luce
His Excellency Governor
William Sprague
Lieutenant Colonel
Elisha Hunt Rhodes
RI Battery A Capt.
William Albert Arnold
Major General
Frank Wheaton

Major General
Silas Casey, II
Brigadier General
Zenas Randall Bliss
Brigadier General
Isaac Peace Rodman
Brigadier General
Richard Arnold
Colonel
John S. Slocum
Major General
Isaac Ingalls Stevens
Brigadier General
Thomas West Sherman

ABC-6 News Video
Providence Rhode Island
By News Reporter, Parker Gavigan, Memorial Day, 2007.
contact Parker at pgavigan@abc6.com

Click to "Rhode Island's Own" Part I, to fully understand the true story about Ambrose E. Burnside.
A man misunderstood by some historians.
An unfortunate problem that still exists today.
Click to "Rhode Island's Own" Part II, to see the story about George Sears Greene.
The Rhode Islander who saved America at Gettysburg.

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You are listening to the wonderful period music of "Ed Sweeney", and acompanying musicians, song: "Sandy River Bells", from his CD, "American Sampler", ©All Rights Reserved, North Star Records, inc., Providence, Rhode Island.
Our thanks to the General Nathanael Greene Homestead Museum, Spell Hall, Coventry, Rhode Island for allowing RI MOLLUS to play the songs of Ed Sweeney and Alisia Jones. See the Homestead Education Center HERE for contacts to acquire recommended music for schools, teachers and students.
A special thanks also to all musicians for their wonderful music helping define the character of the American People and the history of Rhode Island in the Civil War.
NOTE: Viewers are not authorized by law to copy the sound or imagry contained on this Web Page. FBI Warning: Unauthorized duplication or recording of this material is prohibited by U.S. Federal Law and is protected by copyrights including all sound and imagery, which are ©2006 RI MOLLUS, National MOLLUS, the Nathanael Greene Homestead Museum, Spell Hall, Alisia Jones, Greene Hill Productions, and/or, by all other contributing artists, designers and authors of this Website.

Thanks also to Robert Hunt Rhodes for allowing us to use some of his material about his ancestor, Elisha Hunt Rhodes and to Ken Burns for featuring E.H. Rhodes and our State's Civil War History in his PBS series on The Civil War. And a special thanks to Edwin Bearrs, Brian Pohanka, Jeff Shaara and Ron Maxwell for their support for Rhode Island Civil War History and raising the American conscience about the triumphs and tragidies of the Great War of the Rebellion 1861 to 1865.

We wish to thank Brother/Companion Keith G. Harrison, Past National SUVCW Commander-in-Chief and, current National SUVCW and MOLLUS Webmaster, as well as all the artists/musicians for the use of their music on all the pages in our site. ©1983 by Swinging Door Music-BMI. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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