Battle of Pine's Bridge
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The Battle of Pine's Bridge was a minor yet exceptionally violent engagement during the American Revolutionary War, near the town of Yorktown, New York, on May 14, 1781. It was one of the largest raid
Pines Bridge Monument in Yorktown Heights
1st Rhode Island Regiment
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The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was a regiment in the Continental Army raised in Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War. It was one of the few units in the Continental Army to serve through
Battle of Pine's Bridge
…over the river, the bridge served as a critical, strategic artery for communication and supply lines of the Patriot forces. It was guarded by the 1st Rhode Island Regiment (which had many African American and some indigenous soldiers) along with detached soldiers of the Massachusetts Continental Line and the New Hampshire…
A 1781 watercolor of a black infantryman of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Army at the Yorktown Campaign. The 1st Rhode Island was one of the few Continental Army regiments with many black soldiers.
A Black soldier's pay slip for service to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
Greene-Flagg burial place marker (center) and Monument to the 1st Rhode Island Regiment (lower right)