Comments on: “Canonicus”, 2nd Rhode Island Infantry (?), On the March to Manassas (1) http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/canonicus-2nd-rhode-island-infantry-on-the-march-to-manassas-1/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Canonicus « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/canonicus-2nd-rhode-island-infantry-on-the-march-to-manassas-1/#comment-19132 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:47:40 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9160#comment-19132 [...] anonymous author of this letter to the Providence Evening Press signed his name as Canonicus. Like Tockwotton, Canonicus is a name [...]

]]> By: Coming Up… « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/canonicus-2nd-rhode-island-infantry-on-the-march-to-manassas-1/#comment-19128 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:58:49 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9160#comment-19128 [...] on Canonicus. That is, what’s a [...]

]]> By: Chris Evans http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/canonicus-2nd-rhode-island-infantry-on-the-march-to-manassas-1/#comment-19127 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:58:59 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9160#comment-19127 Very interesting read.

It seems that the 2nd Rhode Island had some very literate soldiers with Sullivan Ballou, Elisha Hunt Rhodes, ‘Tockwotton’, and possibly ‘Canonicus’ writing for them.

Chris

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