Elisha Dyer, "Senior" (The Father of RI Governor Elisha Dyer Jr.) served as Adjutant-General of the R.I. State Guard and 2 terms as Governor before the Civil War 1858 - 1861.    He was succeded by Governor William Sprague, Rhode Island's "Boy Governor", or President Lincoln's Number One War Governor".    During the war Elisha Sr. also served as Captain. of Co. B, of the 10th "Ward" R.I. Volunteer Infantry Militia, Emergency State Guard.    As an Ex-Governor, he volunteered to fight when the 10th RIVI was called up and mustered without prior training by Governor William Sprague and sent to Washington, near Tennallytown, MD.    They formed and left Rhode Island on May 23,1862, to defend the Capitol against the menace of Stonewall Jackson, who had completely fooled and shocked all Union forces in the Shenandoah Valley, Northern Virginia and Maryland.    The initial threat of Jackson to the Nation's capitol ended after the 7 Days Battles in Virginia, however service of the 10th was extended to continue guarding Washington due to the Union disaster at the 2nd Battle of Bull Run.

An extremely rare Civil War artifact that should be on display at the Rhode Island State House.
One of only "three" known to exist today ~ one is at West Point, and one is at the Condederate Museum in Richmond.
The State of Rhode Island has the third.
It was presented to the People of Rhode Island by Captain Elisha Dyer and the Veterans of his Comany.
It was placed in the Rhode Island State House in 1903 by the RI GAR and the Veterans Co. B 10th RIVI & the Rhode Island Historical Society to be displayed for all time.
Where is it Now ?

If Our Civil War Veteran Monuments Are Not Safe
Are Any of Our Veteran Monuments and Memorials
Old and New
Safe Anymore ?
If NOT
What's Next ?
Shall we turn a blind eye while memorials like the Iwo Jima Monument
get dismantled for the bronze ?
Or
Must we look the other way while memorials like the Vietnam Wall get
taken appart so the marble can be used for something else ?

We owe everything to our Veterans ~ Past & Present.

Rhode Islanders
Perhaps we all should be more concerned about the Veteran Monuments & Memorials in the Ocean State.

If you can help us by providing any information
In F, C & L,
We'd like to hear from you.

      The "Rhode Island" Grand Army of the Republic Flag Holder - Civil War Grave Marker, is placed only on the graves of all R.I. Civil War Veterans who were also members of the R.I. GAR.    It was originally designed, patented, and approved by the R.I. GAR, in 1889.    For over 70 years the various chapters of the Rhode Island Allied Orders of the GAR raised all the funds necessary to mark all the GAR graves in the entire State.    All the markers were manufactured by the Jenks Foundery of Pawtucket, R.I.; an iron works owned by the family of the 2nd R.I. Volunteer Infantry Civil War Veteran, Major Henry F. Jenks, who served under Colonel Elisha Hunt Rhodes and who was a member of R.I. GAR Levi Tower Post No.17, after the war.    Jenks served as R.I. Department GAR Commander in 1882.    The front of the marker depicts the GAR emblem.    The back of the marker depicts a design of all the Union Army Corps Badges and the U.S. Navy symbol arranged in a circle pattern.    As the legal successor to the R.I. GAR, all markers today are the exclusive property of the R.I. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the veterans and GAR Posts the marker honors in all locations throughout the State.    The R.I. Department SUVCW Graves Registration Officer, as well as the Graves Registration Officers of each R.I. SUVCW Camp within the Department monitors the condition and replacement of all R.I. GAR markers in the all cemeteries in the State.    They are no longer being manufactured and are today considered sacred monuments and they are flagged by the Order every Memorial Day.    All the markers are made of iron and if restored should only be painted black or dark brown.    The copy or sale of the "R.I. GAR Marker" is illegal, and usage of this marker for any other purpose other than to mark the graves and monuments of R.I. GAR Civil War Veterans is prohibited under Rhode Island law.

For more information about our Graves Registration Program
AND
Rhode Island Monuments & Memorials
Plus the R.I. Laws and Protocol of Rhode Island Civil War Veteran Grave Markers
please e-mail:
The Camp 7 Monuments & Memorials Officer
~ CONTACT ~
The Chairman of the Camp 7 Monuments & Memorials Committee
[email protected] David Proccacini 2009
The Camp 7 Graves Registration Officer
~ CONTACT ~
The Chairman of the Camp 7 Graves Registration Committee
[email protected] Henry Duquette
Camp GRO/Camp Chief of Staff 2009
RI SUVCW Elisha Dyer Camp No. 7
At [email protected] Gregg Mierka
Camp 7 Commander 2009, and Past R.I. Dept. SUVCW Commander, 1994-2000
RI MOLLUS State Commander, 2007-2009.
NOTE: RI SUVCW Camp 7, RI ASUVCW Aux 2, RI MOLLUS & The RI GAR Civil War Museum work closely together on all of these projects.

~ CREDITS ~

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.

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.

Thank you for stopping by R.I. MOLLUS.    Please let us know if we can help you again.
May God Save
and
Continue to Preserve the Union !

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