James De Lancey (loyalist)
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Colonel James De Lancey was an American-born military officer and politician who led one of the best known and most feared of the loyalist units, De Lancey's Cowboys, during the American Revolutionary
His historic house sits prominently on a knoll with views of the Annapolis River.
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
James De Lancey (loyalist)
…had his headquarters near the Bronx River.) Forces under James De Lancey ambushed and killed Colonel Christopher Greene and Major Ebenezer Flagg of the Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Army at the Battle of Pine's Bridge on May 14, 1781. From one account of the attack, "his body was found in the woods, about a mile…
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)