1st Rhode Island Regiment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1st_Rhode_Island_Regiment
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Black_Regiment
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Colonel_James_Mitchell_Varnum
gptkb:Colonel_Christopher_Greene
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1783
gptkbp:formedIn 1775
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Battle_of_Rhode_Island
gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Rhode_Island
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1st Rhode Island Regiment
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:2nd_Rhode_Island_Regiment
gptkb:Rhode_Island_Regiment
gptkbp:notableEvent 1778 recruitment of Black and Native American soldiers
gptkbp:notableFor enlisting African American soldiers
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Colonel_James_Mitchell_Varnum
gptkb:Colonel_Christopher_Greene
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Rhode_Island
gptkb:Black_Regiment
gptkb:Rhode_Island_Militia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7