1st Rhode Island Regiment
Lee’s Division |
Varnum’s Brigade |
1st Rhode Island Regiment
History
Organized May 1775 from Kings and Kent counties.
Entered Valley Forge with 359 men assigned and 254 fit for duty.
Left Valley Forge with the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment, 487 assigned 329 fit for Duty.
Previous engagements: Siege of Boston, New York City, Trenton-Princeton, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth
Field Officers
- Colonel Christopher Greene
- Lt. Colonel Adam Comstock
- Major Samuel Ward
Company Commanders
- Captain Thomas Arnold
- Captain Oliver Clarke
- Captain Thomas Cole
- Captain John Dexter
- Captain Ebenezer Flagg
- Captain Elijah Lewis
- Captain Silas Talbot
- Captain Jonathan Wallen
Regimental Staff
- Chaplain Charles Thompson
- Quartermaster John Cook
- Adjutant John Holden
- Paymaster Griffin Greene
- Surgeon John Parrish
- Surgeon Peter Turner
- Surgeon’s Mate James Pallaseure
- Quartermaster Sergeant William Mccoy
- Sergeant Major James Nason
- Drum Major John Wise
- Drum Major Samuel Bennett
- Fife Major Nathaniel Hall
