1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1st_Rhode_Island_Infantry_Regiment

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ambrose_Burnside
gptkbp:active_years	1861-1863
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:battle_honors	gptkb:Appomattox gptkb:Chancellorsville gptkb:Wilderness gptkb:Gettysburg
gptkbp:color	gptkb:Blue
gptkbp:command_structure	Regimental structure
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Colonel_John_A._Monroe
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	1863
gptkbp:disbandment_date	End of service
gptkbp:engagements	gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam gptkb:Battle_of_Bull_Run gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Providence,_Rhode_Island
gptkbp:has_ability	300 men 1,000 men
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:historical_event	gptkb:war
gptkbp:historical_significance	gptkb:First_African_American_regiment_in_the_Union_Army
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
gptkbp:legacy	Influence on future regiments
gptkbp:motto	“ The First in the Field”
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_First_Rhode_Island
gptkbp:notable_members	gptkb:Captain_William_H._Smith gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_A._Monroe gptkb:Private_Charles_Green gptkb:Private_Edward_Black gptkb:Private_George_Blue gptkb:Private_Henry_Gray gptkb:Private_Joseph_Green gptkb:Private_Samuel_Red gptkb:General_Ambrose_Burnside gptkb:General_William_H._Seward gptkb:Sergeant_Major_John_Smith gptkb:Private_James_Brown gptkb:Colonel_William_A._Mc_Gowan gptkb:Major_John_A._Mc_Gowan Private Thomas Jones Private Robert White Private William Yellow
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:recruitment	Rhode Island volunteers
gptkbp:reform	1863
gptkbp:service_branch	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:service_history	gptkb:war
gptkbp:service_years	3 years
gptkbp:size	Approximately 1,000 men
gptkbp:state	gptkb:Rhode_Island
gptkbp:uniform	Blue wool uniforms