1ST RHODE ISLAND
DIVISION: FIRST
BRIGADE: RI BRIGADE
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 RI 487 ASSIGNED 329 FIT FOR DUTY.
PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS: SIEGE OF BOSTON, NEW YORK CITY, TRENTON-PRINCETON, DEFENSE OF
PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA-MONMOUTH.
| Staff Officers | |
| Colonel | CHRISTOPHER GREENE |
| Lt. Colonel | ADAM COMSTOCK |
| Major | SAMUEL WARD |
| Company Officers | |
| Captain | THOMAS ARNOLD |
| Captain | OLIVER CLARKE |
| Captain | THOMAS COLE |
| Captain | JOHN DEXTER |
| Captain | EBENEZER FLAGG |
| Captain | ELIJAH LEWIS |
| Captain | SILAS TALBOT |
| Captain | JONATHAN WALLEN |
| Staff Officers | |
|
Chaplain |
CHARLES THOMPSON |
| Quartermaster | JOHN COOK |
| Adjutant | JOHN HOLDEN |
| Paymaster | GRIFFIN GREENE |
| Surgeon | JOHN PARRISH / PETER TURNER |
| Surgeon Mate | JAMES PALLASEURE |
| Quartermaster Sergeant | WILLIAM MCCOY |
| Sergeant Major | JAMES NASON |
| Drum Major | JOHN WISE/SAMUEL BENNETT |
| Fife Major | NATHANIEL HALL |