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The Battle of Rhode Island (also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill [3]) took place on August 29, 1778. Continental Army and Militia forces under the command of Major General John Sullivan had been besieging the British forces in Newport, Rhode Island, which is situated on Aquidneck Island, but they had finally abandoned their siege and were withdrawing to the northern part of the island.
The Mount Hope Bay raids were a series of military raids conducted by British troops during the American Revolutionary War against communities on the shores of Mount Hope Bay on May 25 and 31, 1778. The towns of Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island were significantly damaged, and Freetown, Massachusetts (present-day Fall River ) was also attacked ...
The Rhode Island Independent Military Organizations (also known as the Chartered Commands of the Rhode Island Militia) are a group of independently operated chartered militias in the state of Rhode Island, most of whose histories date back to the state's colonial and revolutionary history. [1] Under Rhode Island law, they are considered part of ...
2nd Regiment Providence County Militia, 1781; 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]
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 ...
This category includes officers and soldiers who served as Patriots in the Rhode Island militia during the American Revolutionary War. People from Rhode Island who fought in units on the British side are categorized under Category:Loyalists in the American Revolution.
The Rhode Island Line in the Continental Army and Its Society of Cincinnati. Providence: Providence Press Co., 1878. Hitchcock, Dan. "So Few the Brave (The Second Rhode Island 1777–1781)." Military Collector and Historian, 30 (Spring 1978), pp. 18–22. Lovell, Louise Lewis and Eben Putnam. Israel Angell, colonel of the 2nd Rhode Island ...
The Kent County Brigade was formed as part of the Rhode Island Militia during the American Revolutionary War. [citation needed] The Brigade was composed of 3 Regiments of 19 Companies from the towns of Warwick, East Greenwich, West Greenwich, and Coventry. The Regiments were commanded by: [1] 1st Kent County Regiment (Warwick) under Col. John ...