Back to 1st Rhode Island Cavalry

Primary Sources for the 1st Rhode Island Cavalry

sabres_and_spurs_the_first_regiment_rhode_island_cavalry_in_the_civil_war_1861_1865

Manufacturers and Farmers Journal, July 25, 1864

CHARGED WITH STEALING A HORSE. Charles B. Hiltz, a member of the First Rhode Island Cavalry was arrested yesterday by officer Frew, charged with picking up a horse on the road between the city and Ellicott's Mills, and selling it, and also with being a deserter. He admitted the picking up the horse on the road, but the party who purchased it has not as yet been found. Justice Spicer commited him for court. - Baltimore Sun.

manufacturers_and_farmers_journal_1864-07-25_1.png