1RH-02 - Infantry Officer D-Day Carthaginian armies drew soldiers from

Carthaginian armies drew soldiers from across their territories and allied kingdoms

moving essential supplies across exposed ground to ensure their comrades could continue the battle

and spectacle of the ancient arena

but because they were trained to endure it

1RH-02 - Infantry Officer D-Day Carthaginian armies drew soldiers fromIn 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