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The 1st Rhode Island Regiment (also known as Varnum's Regiment, the 9th Continental Regiment, the Black Regiment, the Rhode Island Regiment, and Olney's Battalion) was a regiment in the Continental Army raised in Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War (1775–83). It was one of the few units in the Continental Army to serve through ...
The regiment was re-organized as the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment after the death of Colonel Hitchcock on 13 January 1777. Colonel Israel Angell was placed in command of the regiment. In late 1777 it fought at the Battle of Red Bank and Major Simeon Thayer of the 2nd led the defenders during the latter part of the Siege of Fort Mifflin .
The regiment was one of two formed by the state of Rhode Island between November 1775 and January 1776 to deter an attack by the British against Rhode Island. The regiment was authorized by the Rhode Island General Assembly on January 8, 1776, in the Rhode Island State Troops as Babcock's Regiment.
Rhode Island Garrison Regiments. Two regiments of Rhode Island state troops which served with the Continental Army in 1776, but were not placed on the Continental establishment. [3] Richmond's Regiment (Rhode Island). Colonel William Richmond. (Assigned to the Eastern Department, November 1775). Babcock's/Lippitt's Regiment (Rhode Island).
15th Regiment of Rhode Island Militia, 1775; Artillery Company of Westerly, Charleston and Hopkinton, 1755; Babcock's Regiment of Militia, 1776–77 [8] Bowen's Regiment of Militia, 1778 [8] Bristol Train of Artillery, February 12, 1776 to present; Cook's Regiment of Militia (Rhode Island), 1777 [8] Church's Regiment (Continental Army), 1775
Church's Regiment (a.k.a. 3rd Rhode Island Regiment) was a unit of the Continental Army raised in Rhode Island which served from May 3, 1775 to December 31, 1775 in the American Revolutionary War. [1]
Richmond's Regiment was a regiment formed by the state of Rhode Island in November 1775, during the American Revolution for the defense of the state against an attack by the British. History [ edit ]
Rhode Island regiments of the Continental Army (4 P) Pages in category "Rhode Island in the American Revolution" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.