2ND RHODE ISLAND



DIVISION: FIRST

BRIGADE: RI

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 RI. 

Previous Engagements: SIEGE OF BOSTON, NYC, TRENTON-PRINCETON, DEFENSE OF PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA-MONMOUTH.

Staff Officers
Colonel ISRAEL ANGELL
Lt. Colonel JEREMIAH OLNEY
Major SIMEON THAYER
Company Officers
Captain WILLIAM ALLEN
Captain WILLIAM POTTER
Captain WILLIAM TEW
Captain DAVID DEXTER
Captain THOMAS HUGHES
Captain COGGESHALL CLNEY
Captain WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Captain SILVANUS SHAW
Staff Officers

Chaplain

 EBENEZER DAVID               
Quartermaster JOHN WATERMAN/BENJAMIN PECHHAM
Adjutant  THOMAS WATERMAN
Paymaster CHARLES HOLDEN
Surgeon ELIAS CORNELIUS / SAMUEL TENNY
Surgeon Mate JOHN PARRISH
Quartermaster Sergeant  BENJAMIN BICKFORD/ NATHAN WHITTELSY
Sergeant Major WILLIAM PROCTOR
Drum Major WILLIAM DAVIS
Fife Major DANIEL HUDSON