From Providence to Fort Hell: Letters from Company K, Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers

On September 6, 1862 the Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers was mustered into the service of the United States for three years. The Seventh was incorporated into the Army of the Potomac and joined the First Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Corps. They would f

Robert Grandchamp is a noted historian and is widely considered the foremost authority on Rhode Island military history. He has been honored with the John Russell Bartlett Society's Margaret B. Stillwell Prize and the Order of Saint Barbara from the Rhode Island National Guard. The author of many titles on military history, Grandchamp received his MA in American history from Rhode Island College. He lives in northern Vermont, where he is an analyst for the federal government.