Christopher Greene
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Christopher Greene was an American legislator and soldier. He led the spirited defense of Fort Mercer in the 1777 Battle of Red Bank, and for leading the racially integrated 1st Rhode Island Regiment
Christopher Greene by James Sullivan Lincoln
Reproductive engraving of Greene's portrait published in 1865
Burial Place Marker in Yorktown Heights
The 1829 monument to Greene at the Red Bank Battlefield
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
Christopher Greene
…an American legislator and soldier. He led the spirited defense of Fort Mercer in the 1777 Battle of Red Bank, and for leading the racially integrated 1st Rhode Island Regiment during the American Revolutionary War, most notably with distinction in the 1778 Battle of Rhode Island. He was killed in May 1781 at the Battle of…
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
Pines Bridge Monument in Yorktown Heights
Greene-Flagg burial place marker (center) and Monument to the 1st Rhode Island Regiment (lower right)