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Rhode Island Revolutionary Regiments Table
Purpose
This page contains a table of Rhode Island American Revolutionary War Regiments with their commanders spanning the timeframe of the war, which should help people find the most appropriate unit category for their profile if they know a commander's name or regiment number and timeframe. The implied orderliness of the table does not reflect the relative chaos of the time. Please find a detailed explanation below.
Note: Rhode Island Train of Artillery on separate page
Regiments Table
Origins | Rhode Island (1775) | "of Foot" | 1776 Continental | Rhode Island (1777) | 1778 | 1780 | 1781 | 1783 | 1784 | |||||
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Varnum Varnum | 12th | 9th Varnum,Crary *VC | 1st Greene | RI Greene,Olney *GO | disbanded | |||||||||
Hitchcock Hitchcock | 14th | 11th Hitchcock | 2nd | RI Greene,Olney *GO | disbanded | |||||||||
Church Church | disbanded | |||||||||||||
Origins | Rhode Island (1775) | Militia | 1776 | Rhode Island (1777) | 1778 | 1780 | 1781 | 1783 | 1784 | |||||
M | Babcock/Lippitt Babcock,Lippitt *BL | enlistments expired | ||||||||||||
Richmond Richmond | M | Richmond Richmond | enlistments expired |
- BL - Henry Babcock relieved of duty May 1, 1776, replaced by Christopher Lippitt
- GO - Col. Christopher Greene killed 14 May 1781, Lt. Col. Jeremiah Olney assumes command.
- VC - James Mitchell Varnum promoted to General, Lt. Col. Archibald Crary assumes command.
Sources
- http://www.rhodeislandsar.org/pdf/Rhode_Island_Units_in_the_Revolutionary_War.pdf Rhodeislandsar.org. N.p., n.d. Web
- Smith, Joseph Jencks (1900). Civil and Military List of Rhode Island, 1647–1800; p. 313-414
- Wikipedia
- Bicknell, Thomas. The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (The American Historical Society, Inc., New York, 1920); Vol. 2, Chapter XXXIV, p. 697-761
- Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England (1856-1865); Vols. 7-9
- Smith, Joseph Jencks. Civil and Military List of Rhode Island (Preston and Rounds Co., Providence, R.I., 1900); 1647-1800, p. 312-659
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