Historical Marker
Nine Mens Misery
Historical marker location:
Cumberland, Rhode Island
( Marker can be reached from Diamond Hill Road (Rhode Island Route 114) 1 mile south of Angell Road (Rhode Island Route 116).)
Marker installed: 1928
The first African-American regiment to fight for the Union in the Civil War, the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, was composed mostly of free black men from Rhode Island.