1st Rhode Island Regiment

Regiment · United States · May 6, 1775 – June 13, 1783

Rhode Island Continentals, re-formed in 1778 largely with Black and Native American soldiers; they fought at Rhode Island and Yorktown.

April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776 Siege of Boston
July 1776 – March 1777 New York and New Jersey campaign
October 22, 1777 Battle of Red Bank
May 1, 1778 Re-formed at East Greenwich (approximate) Map
August 29, 1778 Battle of Rhode Island Holds the right of the line Map
September 1, 1778 – April 30, 1781 Guards Narragansett Bay posts (approximate) Map
May 14, 1781 Colonel Christopher Greene killed at Pines Bridge, New York Map
July 6, 1781 – August 18, 1781 With Washington's army at Philipsburg Map
September 8, 1781 Head of Elk Map
September 28, 1781 – October 19, 1781 Siege of Yorktown Storms Redoubt No. 10 Map
April 1, 1782 – June 13, 1783 Garrisons Saratoga on the northern frontier (approximate) Map