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May.
Resolved, That the thanks of this General Assembly be tendered to Surgeon Richard S. Satterlee, Medical Director of the army in the field ; Assistant Surgeon Francis L. Wheaton ;
Capt. James L. Mason,
of the Engineers;
Lieut. Isaac I. Stevens,
Capt. Thomas W. Sherman, of the Artillery ;
Maj. Joseph S. Pitman,
Capt. Silas Casey,
Capt. George W. Patten,
¿ of the Infantry ;
Capt. John S. Slocum, Lieut. John Glackin,
for their gallant and distinguished conduet in the Mexican War; and to all other officers and soldiers, like them, natives or citizens of Rhode Island, who have served with honor in Mexico.
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1848. May.
Rhode Island Officers in Active Service During the Mexican War :
U. S. Engineers :
Brevet Lt .- Col. James Lewis Mason. Brevet Maj. Isaac Ingalls Stevens.
1st U. S. Artillery :
1st Lt. Asher Robbins Eddy.
2nd U. S. Artillery :
April 21. 1st Lt. Joseph Swift Totten.
3d U. S. Artillery :
Brevet Maj. Thomas West Sherman.
Brevet Maj. David Hammond Vinton, Quar .- Mast.
2nd Lt. Ambrose Everett Burnside.
1st U. S. Dragoons : Capt. William Eustis.
March 16. Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry Taylor for gallant and meri- torious conduct at Santa Cruz de Rosales.
2nd U. S. Dragoons :
Maj. Lloyd James Beall, Paymaster.
1st U. S. Infantry :
2nd Lt. George Douglass Brewerton.
2nd U. S. Infantry :
Brevet Maj. George Waynefleet Patten.
Brevet Maj. Silas Casey.
April 21. 1st Lt. Joseph Swift Totten.
4th U. S. Infantry :
Brevet Maj. Charles H. Larned. 1st Lt. Christopher Raymond Perry.
U. S. Subsistence Department :
Capt. Francis M. Dimond, Asst. Commissary.
Medical Department :
Maj. Robert C. Wood, Surgeon.
9th U. S. Infantry :
Capt. John S. Slocum.
1st Lt. John Glackin.
May 6. 1st Lt. Henry De Wolfe.
2nd Lt. Gustavus F. Gardiner. Asst. Surgeon Francis L. Wheaton.
14th U. S. Infantry : Maj. Joseph Story Pitman.
Capt. Christopher Haile Mason.
1849. May. Speaker: James C. Hidden, of Providence.
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1849. May. Clerk of the Senate: Wingate Hayes.
Clerk of the House : Benjamin T. Eames. Clerk of the House: Thomas Durfee. Secretary of State: Christopher E. Robbins. June. Supreme Court : Richard Ward Greene, Chief Justice.
May. Clerk Newport County, William Gilpin.
Providence Walter Paine, Jr.
¥ Washington " Powell Helme.
Bristol Massadore T. Bennett.
Kent 66 Joseph J. Tillinghast.
Court of Common Pleas : Newport County : Daniel C. Denham, Clerk. William H. Douglas, Sheriff.
Providence County : John W. Smith, Clerk. Roger Williams Potter, Sheriff.
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Washington County : John G. Clarke, Jr., Clerk. Thomas Wileox, Sheriff.
Kent County :
Jeremiah S. Slocum, Clerk.
Thomas Bateman, Sheriff.
Bristol County : Massadore T. Bennett, Jr., Clerk. Stephen Johnson, Sheriff.
Publie Notaries for the Several Counties :
Newport : Providenee :
Eleazer Trevett, Nathaniel Searle,
Daniel C. Denham,
Walter W. Updike,
William Gilpin, George Mumford,
William P. Sheffield,
Daniel Wilkinson,
George W. Ellery,
Simon A. Sayles,
Samuel Clarke,
Moses Richardson,
Williams A. Burt,
Samuel Brown,
Josiah S. Peckham,
Esek Aldrich,
Augustus Bush,
William H. Potter,
Christopher G. Perry,
Charles Holden, Jr.,
Simon R. Sands.
Bradford F. Knapp, Dean Kimball,
Providence :
Henry Martin,
James Aldrich,
Gamaliel L. Dwight,
Henry Howard,
Edward D. Pearce,
Sylvester Hartshorn,
660
1849. May.
Providence :
Bailey E. Borden,
Richard Howard,
Samuel Greene,
Elisha R. Potter,
Elisha S. Windsor,
George L. Hazard, John P. Campbell,
Elisha S. Balcom,
William Sanford,
Thomas A. Jenekes,
John J. Reynolds,
Thomas K. King,
John S. Tillinghast,
David Millard,
Asel Noyes,
Arnold Wakefield,
Thomas A. Lawton,
John P. Jones,
George Armstrong,
Fenner Smith,
William S. Peckham.
Christopher Robinson,
Bristol : Alfred Bosworth,
Benjamin T. Eames,
Albert G. Green,
Nathaniel P. Smith,
William N. Rhodes.
William Throop,
Edwin Metcalf,
George T. Gardner,
Rollin Mathewson,
Jonathan R. Bullock,
William M. Cooke,
Charles Randall,
James M. Clarke,
William Vandoorn,
Wingate Hayes,
Massadore T. Bennett,
George H. Brown,
Benjamin N. Lapham,
Kent :
Ira Marvell,
Herman C. Fisher,
Philip C. Scott,
John C. Sweet,
Charles Hart,
Russell Briggs,
George N. Jenckes,
Joseph Winsor,
John R. Randolph,
William B. Spencer,
Thomas Durfee,
Henry J. Holden.
Samuel Ashley,
June. Providence :
Thomas C. Greene, Anson Smith,
Frederick A. Sumner,
Elisha M. Aldrich,
Edward S. Martin,
Nathan W. Jackson,
William R. Watson,
Simon S. Steere,
Franklin J. Dickman,
Emor Coe,
Benjamin Cozzens,
William P. Greene.
Smith Peckham,
Jesse Armstrong.
Washington :
Nathan F. Dixon,
Nathan K. Lewis.
Sylvester G. Shearman, Asa Potter,
Timothy R. Peckham,
Peter Gladding.
Willard Sayles,
William G. Bowen,
Kent : Samuel R. Hopkins.
Washington :
Washington : Simeon F. Perry, Hiram Arnold,
Barzillai Cranston,
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1849. May. Justices of the Peace : Providence :
Robert Knight, Henry L. Bowen,
Stephen Martin, William F. Greene,
Smithfield : George Aldrich, Simon A. Sayles, Joseplı Almy, George F. Jenckes,
Gamaliel L. Dwight, Charles Holden, Jr.,
Spencer Mowry, Tyler Mowry.
Franklin Greene,
Walter W. Updike,
Glocester :
Samuel Currey,
Abralıam Baker,
Jabez J. Potter,
Cyrus Cook,
Walter Paine, Jr.,
Emor Smith,
Anson Smith,
Leonard R. Williams, Rufus Eastman.
Cumberland :
Alfred Arnold,
Francis E. Hoppin,
Abner Jillson,
Abraham Payne,
Bailey E. Borden,
Benjamin T. Eames,
George Cook.
Edwin Metcalf,
North Providence : Fenner Angell,
Rollin Mathewson,
William Earle,
Amasa S. Westcott,
Thomas K. King,
Wingate Hayes,
William S. King.
Benjamin N. Lapham,
Cranston :
James M. Clarke,
Ambrose B. Bailey,
Sylvester Hartshorn, Remington Arnold,
Thomas A. Jenckes,
William M. Cooke.
Charles Hart, June. Newport :
Weston A. Fisher,
William Gilpin,
James Sheldon,
Daniel C. Denham,
Joseph S. Pitman, Benjamin B. Howland,
Willard Sayles,
Benjamin Mumford.
Thomas Durfee,
Providence :
John R. Randolph, Charles W. Greene,
Philip C. Scott,
Henry Holden,
Thomas C. Greene,
Joseph A. Scott.
Franklin J. Diekman,
Warwick : Thomas W. Gardner.
Charles Greene,
North Kingstown :
Samuel Ashley, Henry R. Reynolds.
Levi Salisbury,
Soutlı Kingstown :
Benjamin Cozzens.
Joseph C. Gardner.
Daniel R. Clapp,
Howard W. King,
. Samuel W. Peckham, Israel G. Manchester, James C. Hidden, Samuel Brown, Barzillai Cranston,
William Knowles,.
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1849. June.
East Greenwich :
Foster:
Eddy Walker,
Richard Howard,
Esek Seamans,
Allen Hill,
Pardon Williams,
Otis Williams,
Abijahı B. Sweet,
George Walker.
Richmond : Job Kenyon.
Cranston :
William W. Shippee,
Henry B. Turner,
John Nichols,
Dean Kimball.
Bowen Vaughan.
Johnston :
West Greenwich :
William Richardson, William A. Pierce.
James M. Hazard,
Jesse Cottrell,
(Elected by Towns and Commissioned):
Thurston Hall,
Middletown :
Benjamin R. Hoxsie,
George C. Coggeshall,
Samuel Gould,
George H. Peckham, John Gould.
Scituate :
William B. Kimball,
Horace Martin,
Bennett J. Munro,
Harley P. Angell,
Joseph C. Pearse,
Auldis Bardin,
David Cole,
James P. Westcott,
Massadore T. Bennett,
Ethan Angell,
Peter Gladding,
Jeremiah Potter.
Warwick :
William Harrison,
John J. Wood,
Joseph H. Arnold,
Warren :
John H. Kenyon,
Alfred Bosworth,
Jolın Holden (W. N.),
Miller Barney,
Jolın D. Jencks,
Samuel Randall,
Whipple A. Arnold,
Joseph Child,
Henry L. Greene,
Seth Peck.
Cyrus Holden,
Foster:
Henry Hamilton,
William G. Stone,
George A. Kenyon,
Cumberland : Sheffield Maxon.
East Greenwich :
William Bailey,
Robert Lawton,
Isaac S. Whitford,
Varnum Weaver,
Gideon B. Whitford, Jonathan Nichols.
Bristol :
William C. Vandoorn,
Moses Potter,
William Throop,
Daniel Gould,
Mason W. Pierce, George M. Coit.
Barrington : Henry Smith.
Jeremiah S. Slocum, Thomas R. Dawley. Smithfield : Thomas Steere.
Scituate : Luther C. Warner.
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1849. Junc.
Warwick : Alfred Read, Charles W. Greene.
Coventry : James Warner, Jr., Jeffrey S. Lewis, Daniel R. Weaver,
Smithfield :
Asa Winsor,
Richard Mowry,
Emor Coe,
Tiverton : Charles Durfee,
John J. Carpenter,
Horace Trowbridge,
Asa Gray,
Stafford Mann,
William P. Sheffield,
John Knight,
William G. Borden, Andrew Cory.
Ira Marvel,
Elisha Mowry, 2nd,
Portsmouth :
Sabin Allen,
Seth R. Anthony,
Theophilus Crowell,
Borden Chase.
George M. Appleby.
Cumberland :
North Providence :
Fenner Brown,
John H. Weeden,
John W. Tingley,
Lemuel Angell,
George L. Dana,
Levi C. Eaton,
Lewis B. Arnold,
Frederick A. Sumner,
Obadialı K. Johnson,
Edwin Harris,
Levi M. Snow,
Jesse S. Tourtellot,
Eliab M. Ballou.
John Tucker,
Cranston :
Adams Park,
George Cady,
William H. Hunt,
William Fairbanks,
Ezra Hawkins,
Gridley Burnham,
Abram Baker,
Dexter H. Leach,
William Read.
Little Compton : Otis Willbor,
Martin S. Salisbury,
Ephraim W. Brownell,
Amasa Ballou,
Alexander R. Brownell.
Eddy Keech,
Daniel S. Mowry.
Johnston :
Robert Wilson,
Pearce Arnold,
Ebenezer Sprague, Paris Mathewson.
Coventry : Asa Stone,
Benjamin H. Horton,
North Kingstown: Sylvester G. Sherman,
Francis Chappell,
Isaac C. Champlin,
George Larned, Peter Phillips.
South Kingstown : Benjamin Hall,
Joseph P. Babcock, Wilkins Updike,
Stephen Gano Benedict. Glocester :
Joseph S. Budlong,
William F. Waterman,
Joseph C. Medbury, Elijah W. Presho.
Burrillville :
Benjamin F. Carpenter, Daniel R. Whitman.
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1849. June.
South Kingstown : Elisha R. Potter,
Powell Helme,
Thomas P. Wells,
John G. Clark, Jr.,
Isaac Greene,
Thomas A. Hazard,
Schuyler Fisher, Cranston Bliven.
George L. Hazard, Albert Robinson.
Westerly : Nathan F. Dixon,
Hopkinton : Joseph T. Barber,
Jedediah W. Knight,
Jesse Brown.
William P. Arnold,
Christopher C. Lewis, Jr., Christopher Brown.
John H. Cross, Benajah Gavit.
Richmond : Charlestown :
Nathan Moore,
Samuel Stanton,
Thomas M. Lewis,
Joseph H. Griffin.
Reynolds James,
May. Agent Providence and Pawtucket Turnpike : Edward S. Wilkinson.
Commissioners of Providence Washington Bridge: Edward S. Wilkinson, Isaac Thurber, Stephen Randall.
Rail Road Commissioners :
Allen O. Peck, Gamaliel L. Dwight, William J. Harris.
Commissioners of Shell Fisheries: Thomas J. Branch, Gamaliel L. Dwight, Allen Baker.
Inspectors of Ferries : William French, Jeremiah Hazard, Hezekiah C. Wardwell.
Inspector-General of Beef and Pork: Stephen Crary.
Inspector-General of Lime: Samuel Clarke.
Inspector of Scythe Stones: Thomas A. Paine.
Commissioner of Public Schools :
Elisha R. Potter.
Richmond : Hazard Wilcox, Maxon T. Kenyon. Exeter :
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1849. May. Militia of the State :
Maj .- Gen. Amos D. Smith, vice Thomas J. Stead, who declined his Commission.
Inspector of Division Byron Sprague.
1 Paymaster-General Henry G. Mumford.
1st Brigade-Newport County :
Brig .- Gen. Christopher G. Perry, vice John Alfred Hazard, whose Commissions expired. 4th Brigade -- Kent County :
Brigade Maj. William Bodfish, vice Benjamin L. Spencer, resigned.
Independent Companies :
The Artillery Company of the Town of Newport :
Capt. Christopher G. Perry, 1st Lieut. George Burroughs, 2nd Lieut. Thomas B. Carr, Ens. James Barton.
The Providence Artillery Company :
Col. Christopher Blanding, Lieut .- Col. James N. Hopkins, Maj. Thomas Greene, Capt. Leonard G. Manchester, Lieut. John Viall.
The Train of Artillery in the Town and County of Bristol :
Capt. William R. Taylor, 1st Lieut. Massadore T. Bennett, 2nd Lient. Joseph C. Pearce, Ens. Edward T. Gladding, Quarter-Master Samuel Taylor.
- Regimental Companies :
The Kentish Guards:
Col. John Wright, Lieut .- Col. Samuel E. May, Maj. Jesse Thomas.
The Providence Marine Corps of Artillery : Col. Augustus M. Tower, Lt .- Col. Joseph P. Balch, Maj. Charles T. Robbins, Capt. Thomas F. Vaughan, Lieut. Benjamin H. Gladding.
The Narragansett Guards : Col. John G. Clarke, Jr., Lieut .- Col. John C. Peckham,
Maj. Henry Holland, Jr.
The Providence Horse Guards : Col. William H. Potter, Lieut .- Col. Thomas L. Dunnell, Maj. Philip Case, Capt. John Gorham, Lieut. Nathaniel Fairbrother.
The Wickford Pioneers : Col. John J. Reynolds, Lieut .- Col. George C. Sanford,
Maj. Allen M. Bates. 1
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1849. May.
The Warren Artillery :
Col. Samuel Pearce, Lient .- Col. William Carr,
Maj. John Frieze, Capt. Geo. Williams, Lieut. Win. P. Freeborn. The Woonsocket Guards :
Col. Olney Arnold, Lieut .- Col. Moses K. Holbrook, Capt. Alfred Shaw, Lieut. William Lindsay. June.
The First Light Infantry in the 2nd Regiment of Militia:
Col. William W. Brown, Lieut .- Col. Ferdinand Barber, Maj. John T. Pitman, Capt. Nathaniel W. Brown, Lieut. Sylvester R. Knight. 1
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ADDITIONAL RHODE ISLAND OFFICERS DURING THE REVOLU- TIONARY WAR IN CONTINENTAL ARMY.
NOTE. - These names are not mentioned in the State records, and hence are not in Volume I.
1775. June. Brig .- Gen. Nathanael Greene.
1776. June. Lt. William Blodget Aid-de-Camp.
Aug. Maj .- Gen. Nathanael Greene.
Sept. Asst. Quartermaster-Gen. Ephraim Bowen.
Oct. Dept. Adjt .- Gen. Ezekiel Cornell.
Aug. Maj. Thomas Henly Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Heath, killed at Montrossor Island Sept. 24.
Oct. Maj. William Bradford Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Lee. .
1777. Feb. Brig .- Gen. James Mitchell Varnum.
July. Asst. Dept. Quartermaster Jolm Gooch.
1778. Mar. Quartermaster-Gen. Nathanael Greene.
1780. Capt. Thomas Allen Quartermaster on Gen. Greene's Staff.
. Ens. Thomas Russell Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Stark.
1782. Sept. Inspector of Main Army Gen. Ezekiel Cornell.
1775. May. Army of Observation.
Col. Church's Regiment :
Col. Thomas Tew instead of Joseph.
Capt. John Topham, Wounded and Prisoner at Quebec, Dec. 31. - Lt. Sylvanus Shaw, Prisoner at Quebec, Dec. 31.
Col. Hitchcock's Regiment:
Capt. Simeon Thayer, Prisoner at Quebec Dec. 31.
Lt. James Webb, Prisoner at Quebec Dec. 31.
Col. Varnum's Regiment :
Adjt. Isaac Mumford, killed at Seige of Boston, Aug. 27. Lt .- Col. Christopher Greene, Prisoner at Quebec, Dec. 31.
Capt. Samuel Ward, Jr., Prisoner at Quebec, Dec. 31.
June. Lt. William Humphrey, Prisoner at Quebec, Dec. 31. Lt. Edward Slocum, Prisoner at Quebec, Dec. 31. Richmond's State Regiment :
Aug. Adj. William Barton, Nov. Capt. Billings Throop. Nov. Capt. William Barton,
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1775. Spanldings Artillery Company :
May. 1st Lt. Ebenezer Stevens.
Oct. Brigade Maj. David Dexter. June. Brig. Surg. John Martin. 1776. Lippitt's State Regiment : Aug. Capt. William Jones.
Sept. Chaplain John Murray to R. I. Regiments.
1776. 9th Continental Infantry, Col. Varnum's :
Jan. Lt .- Col. Archibald Crary.
Maj. Christopher Smith.
2nd Lt. Amos Crandall. 2nd Lt. Daniel Peirce. Ens. Elias Hull.
Capt. Elijalı Lewis. Capt. Oliver Clark.
Ens. Dutee Jerauld ..
Capt. John Gooch.
Ens. Chandler Burlingame.
Capt. Joshua Read.
Ens. Moses Atkinson.
Capt. Nathaniel Hawkins.
Ens. Micah Moulton.
1st Lt. James Varnum,
Surgeon Joseph Joslyn.
1st Lt. Noel Allen, killed at Har- lem Plains, Dec. 16.
Surg. Mate Daniel Brown. Surg. Mate John Chase.
1st Lt. John Holden, instead of John Handy.
Ist Lt. & Adj. John Singer Dexter. 1st Lt. Isaac Holden.
2nd Lt. Thomas Henly.
Jan. 11th Continental Infantry, Col. Hitchcock's :
Capt. Silas Talbot, severely burnt 2nd Lt. James King. on Fire Ship, Sept. 14.
Capt. Stephen Kimball.
2nd Lt. William Blodgett. 2nd Lt. Wm. Bradford, Adjutant.
Ens. Nathan Olney.
Ens. John Armstrong.
Ens. Eliphalet Foster.
Surgeon Samuel Tenney.
Surg. Mate Ebenezer Richmond.
2nd Lt. Christopher Hopkins, Reg. Dec. Brigade Maj. Cyprian Sterry. Quar .- Master.
1776. Tallman's State Regiment : Dec. Maj. William Bradford,
Lt. Dan'l Greene, instead of David. 1776. Stanton's State Regiment : Dec. Lt .- Col. Archibald Crary. Maj. William Barton. Capt. Augustus Stanton. Capt. John Pearce. Lt. Jonathan Deval, Jr. 1777. Jan. Capt. Jonathan De- val, Jr.
1777. Jan. Lt .- Col. Christopher Smith.
Nov. Lt .- Col. William Barton.
Col. William Barton, by Spec- ial act of Congress to rank from Oct. 24.
1778. Surgeon R. I. Militia, Philip Padelford, subsequently in the Navy.
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2nd Lt. Peter Donworth.
Capt. John Spurr.
Ist Lt. John Blunt, wounded and Prisoner at Long Island, Aug. 27.
Thomas Hyde, wounded at Long Island, Aug. 27. 2nd Lt. James Bridges.
Chaplain Ebenezer David.
Aug. Capt. James Varnum.
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1777. Jan. First Rhode Island Line (Varnum's);
Lt .- Col. Adam Comstock.
Maj. Henry Sherburne.
Capt. John Singer Dexter.
Capt. Ebenezer Flagg.
Capt. Silas Talbot.
Capt. Thomas Cole.
Capt. Oliver Clark, Prisoner at Fort Mercer, Oct. 22.
Capt. William Allen.
1st Lt. John Holden.
1780. Capt. Joseph Arnold.
Reg. Paymaster Chandler Burlin- game.
1781. Jan. Lt .- Col. Jere. Olney.
Capt. Dutee Jerauld.
Capt. William Allen.
Capt. Coggeshall Olney.
Capt. Thomas Hughes.
Capt. William Humphrey.
1st Lt. Henry Sherman.
Feb. 1st Lt. Zephaniah Brown.
1st Lt. Daniel Peirce.
1st Lt. Robert Rogers.
1st Lt. David Johnson.
2nd Lt. Samuel Arnold.
2nd Lt. William Davis.
2nd Lt. Stephen Briggs.
Ens. Daniel Tillinghast.
Ens. Charles Peirce.
Lt .- Col. Christopher Greene, from Jan. 1, Killed at West Chester, May 14, 1781.
March. Capt. Thomas Arnold.
May. Ens. Simeon Smith.
June. 1st Lt. Timothy Locke.
1st Lt. Chandler Burlingame.
Ens. Joseph Cornell.
Oct. Maj. Silas Talbot.
2nd Lt. Enoch Stanton.
2nd Lt. Charles Peirce.
1778. March. Surgeon's Mate John Parrish.
May. Lt .- Col. Samuel Ward.
Maj. Ebenezer Flagg, Killed at West Chester May 14, 1781.
May. Capt. Edward Slocum.
June. Capt .- Lt. Joseph Arnold. 1st Lt. Daniel S. Dexter.
2nd Lt. John Cooke, Reg. Quart .- Master. 1779. May. Reg. Adj. Daniel S. Dexter.
Ens. Jeremiah Greenman.
June. Lt. Chandler Burlingame.
1st Lt. Joseph Arnold.
1st Lt. Wilson Rawson.
1st Lt. Thomas Noyes.
Ist Lt. Samuel Hieks.
2nd Lt. Robert Rogers.
2nd Lt. John Remington.
Ens. John Cooke.
Ens. David Johnson instead of Jonathan Davis.
1st Lt. David Sayles.
1st Lt. Ebenezer Macomber.
1st Lt. Joseph Masury.
1st Lt. John Morley Greene.
1st Lt. Benjamin L. Peckham.
2nd Lt. Benjamin Sherburne.
Ens. John Rogers. Ens William Pratt.
Ens. Jeremiah Greenman.
May. Surg .- Maj. Nicholas Bogart.
Lt .- Col. Commandant Jere. Olney. Ang. Maj. John Singer Dexter.
Maj. Coggeshall Olney.
Capt. Daniel S. Dexter.
2nd Lt. William Pratt.
2nd Lieut. John Rogers.
2nd Lt. Jeremialı Greenman.
1782. Jan. Ens. and Reg. Quar .- Mast. John Welch. Feb. Ens. Robert Hunter. Mar. Capt. Ebenezer Macomber. May. Capt. David Sayles. June. Capt. Benj. L. Peckham.
Sept. Reg .- Adj. Jere. Greenman.
1783. Sept. Brevet Maj. William Allen.
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1777. Rhode Island Line (Hitchcock's) :
Jan. Lt .- Col. Israel Angell.
Maj. Simeon Thayer, lost an eye at Monmouth, June 28, 1778.
Capt. Coggeshall Olney. Capt William Tew. Capt. John Carr.
1st Lt. William Allen.
1st Lt. William Potter.
1st Lt. Micah Moulton.
1st Lt. William Humphrey.
1st Lt. Amos Crandall.
2nd Lt. Oliver Dexter.
Ens. Daniel Lawrence.
Capt. Thomas Hughes.
2nd Lt. Simeon Jennings.
2nd Lt. Oliver Jenekes.
Ens. Simeon Jennings.
Ens. Holliman Potter.
Ens. Oliver Jenckes.
Reg .- Quartermaster Benjamin L. Peckham.
Surgeon Samuel Tenney.
Surgeon's Mate Elias Cornelius, Prisoner at Staten Island, Aug. 22.
Col. Israel Angell.
Lt .- Col. Jeremiah Olney.
Ens. John Viol.
Feb. 2nd Lt. Thomas Waterman.
2nd Lt. Samuel Whipple.
2nd Lt. Benedict Tew.
1st Lt. John Pearce.
2nd Lt. Abel Carpenter.
2nd Lt. Nathan Weeks, killed at Monmouth, June 28, 1878.
Ens. Benjamin L. Peckham. Ens. Elias Hull.
Ens. Benjamin Arnold.
Ens. Hezekiah Medbury, died March 24th.
March. Reg. Quar .- Mast. John Waterman, died April 20, 1878.
2nd Lt. Bethuel Curtis.
May. Capt. Sylvanus Shaw, killed at Red Bank, Oct. 27.
June. 1st Lt. Ebenezer Macomber
1st Lt. David Sayles.
1st Lt. Gilbert Grant.
1st Lt. William Littlefield.
2nd Lt. David Sayles.
2nd Lt. Dutee Jerauld.
Aug. Reg .- Adj. Thos. Waterman.
Surg .- Mate John Parrish.
Oct. 1st Lt. Benedict Tew.
Capt. William Humphrey.
Capt .- Lt. William Littlefield.
1778. March. Surg .- Mate Elias Cornelius.
Sept. 1st Lt. Oliver Jenckes, died Feb. 3, 1782.
1779. Feb. Ens. John Hubbart. March. Ens. John Morley Greene. April. 2nd Lt. Benj. L. Peckham. May. 2nd Lt. Jeremiah Greenman. Ens. John Rogers, wounded at Connecticut Farms, June 23, 1781.
Ens. William Pratt.
1780. April. Capt. David Dexter. Lt. John Morley Greene, wounded at Springfield, June 3d, 1780.
1777. Sherburne's Additional Continental Regiment :
Jan. Col. Henry Sherburne. Maj. William Bradford.
Ens. Bonjamin Sherburne. Ens. Ephraim Corey.
Feb. Ens. Joseph House.
Mar. Capt. James Webb.
1st Lt. Hugh Holmes. Sept. 2nd Lt. Benj. Sherburne.
Ens. Henry Sherman.
Oct. 2nd Lt. Epraim Carey.
Ens. Thomas Russell.
1780. Lt. Henry Sherman.
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1776. Warner's Additional Continental Regiment :
Sept. 2nd Lt. John Chapman. 1780. May. 2nd Lt. Thos. Tall-
1778. Ang. Ens. Thomas Tall- man.
man.
1775. Gridley's Regiment, Mass. Artillery : June. Surgeon's Mate Samuel Tenney.
1775. Knox's Continental Artillery. Dec. Capt. Ebenezer Stevens. - Adjutant Thomas Henley.
Capt .- Lt. Benajah Carpenter, killed at Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776.
1777. 6th Mass. Line Regiment : Jan. Capt. John Spurr. 1780. Oct. Maj. John Spurr.
1776. 15tlı Mass. Continental Regiment :
Jan. Maj. Henry Sherburne.
1777. 8th Mass. Continental Regiment : Jan. Capt. James Varnum.
1777. Baldwin's Artillery Artificer Regiment :
Feb. 2nd Lt. Edward Bugbee. 1779. Nov. 1st Lt. Edward Bugbee.
1776. 1st Canadian (Livingston's) Regiment : Dec. Ens. John Hubbart.
1781. 2nd Canadian (Hazen's) Regiment : March. 1st Lt. Edward Bugbee.
1776. Independent Battalion of Artillery : Nov. Maj. Ebenezer Stevens.
1776. 12tlı Mass. Continental Regiment :
Jan. Ens. William Littlefield.
: 1779. Sappers and Miners : Aug. Lt. John Welsh.
1779. Invalid Regiment : Nov. Capt. Thomas Arnold.
1777. 3d Connecticut Artillery : Brevet Maj. Ebenezer Stevens, 1798. April. Brevet Lt .- Col. Ebe- Continental Army. nezer, Stevens, Continental Army. Nov. Col. Ebenezer Stevens.
RHODE ISLAND OFFICERS IN REGULAR ARMY FROM 1789 TO 1850, OUTSIDE OF WAR OF 1812 AND MEXICAN WAR.
Allston, Samuel Rogers :
1820. July 1. Cadet at Military Academy (No. 37).
1825. July 1. Brevet 2nd Lt. 6th Infantry.
July 1. Brevet 2ud Lt. 4th Infantry :
1835. Nov. 28. 1st Lt. 4th Infantry. - Andrews, Jonathan :
1799. March. Capt. 16th Infantry.
Anthony, Charles :
1817. Sept. 28. 1st Lt. Corps of Artillery.
Arnold, Richard :
1846. July 1. Cadet at Military Academy (No. 13).
1850. July 1. Brevet 2nd Lt. 1st Artillery.
Baen, William C .:
1808. May 3. Capt. 4th Infantry. Died of wounds at Tippecanoe Nov. 7, on Nov. 11, 1811.
Barron, Prescott :
1801. Mar. 3. Surgeon's Mate 1st Artillerists and Engineers.
. 1802. Apr. 1. Garrison Surg. Mate 1st Artillerists and Engineers.
Barton, Robert C .:
1808. May 3. 1st Lt. 4th Infantry.
1809. Oct. 31. Capt. 4th Infantry.
Beall, Lloyd James :
1826. July 1. Cadet at Military Academy (No. 25). .
1830. July 1. Brevet 2nd Lt. and 2nd Lt. 1st Infantry.
1833. Mar. 1. Reg. Adjt 1st Infantry.
1836. June 11. 1st Lt. 2nd Dragoons.
Oct. 19. Capt. 2nd Dragoons.
1844. Sept. 13. Paymaster.
Bean, Jonathan L .:
1818. Sept. 2 to 1820, Dec. 26, Cadet at Military Academy.
1836. June. 8. Capt. 2nd Dragoons.
Bliss, Zenas Randall :
1850. July 1. Cadet at Military Academy (No. 41).
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Brewerton, George Douglass :
1850. June 26. 1st Lt. 1st. Infantry.
Brindley, Thomas :
1799. Jan. 8. Lt. 16th Infantry. 1801. Feb. 16. Lt. 2nd Artillerists and Engineers. Burnside, Ambrose Everett :
1843. July 1. Cadet at Military Academy (No. 18). Capron, Seth Makepeace :
1817 .. Oct. 1. Cadet at Military Academy (No. 17).
1821. July 1. Brevet 2nd Lt. and 2nd Lt. 5th Infantry.
1826. Oct. 21. 1st Lt. 5th Infantry.
Casey, Silas :
1822. July 1. Cadet at Military Academy (No. 39).
1826. July 1. Brevet 2nd Lt. 7th Infantry.
July 1. 2nd Lt. 2nd Infantry.
1836. June 28. 1st Lt. 2ud Infantry.
1839. July 1. Capt. 2nd Infantry.
Churchill, Marlborough :
1832. Sept. 1. Cadet at Military Academy (No. 13).
1836. July 1. 2nd Lt. 1st Artillery.
Clark Cary :
1799. Jan. 8. Ens. 16th Infantry. Mar. 3. 2nd Lt. 16th Infantry.
1803. Jan. 25. 2nd Lt. Artillerists.
Codman, Robert A. L .:
1819. Aug .. 13. 2nd Lt. 1st Infantry.
Comstock, William S .:
1818. April 21. Surgeon's Mate 3d Infantry. 1820. Oct. 20. Post Surgeon. 1821. June 1. Asst. Surgeon.
Crane, Charles Henry : 1848. Feb. 14. Asst. Surgeon.
Danforth, Ozias :
1799. Jan. 8. Ens. 16th Infantry. March 3. 2nd Lt. 16th Infantry.
Dill, George : 1800. Aug. 3. Surgeon's Mate 2nd Artillerists and Engineers. 1802. April 1. Garrison Surgeon's Mate.
Eddy, Asher Robbins: 1840. July 1. Cadet at Military Academy (No. 5). 1844. July 1. Brevet 2nd Lt. 1st Artillery. 1849. 1st Lt. 1st Artillery, Asst. Prof. of Mathematics.
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Ellery, Abraham R .:
1799. Jan. S. Capt. 16th Infantry.
Eustis, William :
1826. July 1. Cadet at Military Academy (No. 37).
1830. July 1. Brevet 2nd Lt. 3d Infantry.
1833. Aug. 14. Brevet 2nd Lt. Ist Dragoons.
1834. Mar. 17. 2nd Lt. 1st Dragoons.
1836. June 15. 1st Lt. Ist Dragoons.
1845. Mar. 17. Capt. Ist Dragoons.
Fessenden, John Milton :
1820. July 1. Cadet at Military Academy (No. 10).
1824. July 1. Brevet 2nd Lt. 1st Artillery.
July 1. 2nd Lt. 4th Artillery.
Greene, Christopher Albert :
1832. July 1. Cadet at Military Academy (No. 23).
1836. July 1. Brevet 2nd Lt. 3d Artillery.
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