2nd Rhode Island Regiment
Lee’s Division |
Varnum’s Brigade |
2nd Rhode Island Regiment
History
Organized May 1775 from Providence county.
Entered Valley Forge with 335 men assigned and 233 fit for duty.
Left Valley Forge with the 1st Rhode Island Regiment.
Previous Engagements: Siege of Boston, New York City, Trenton-Princeton, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth
Field Officers
- Colonel Israel Angell
- Lt. Colonel Jeremiah Olney
- Major Simeon Thayer
Company Commanders
- Captain William Allen
- Captain William Potter
- Captain William Tew
- Captain David Dexter
- Captain Thomas Hughes
- Captain Coggeshall Clney
- Captain William Humphrey
- Captain Silvanus Shaw
Regimental Staff
- Chaplain Ebenezer David
- Quartermaster John Waterman
- Quartermaster Benjamin Pechham
- Adjutant Thomas Waterman
- Paymaster Charles Holden
- Surgeon Elias Cornelius
- Surgeon Samuel Tenny
- Surgeon’s Mate John Parrish
- Quartermaster Sergeant Benjamin Bickford
- Quartermaster Sergeant Nathan Whittelsy
- Sergeant Major William Proctor
- Drum Major William Davis
- Fife Major Daniel Hudson
