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    The Varnum Continentals are an active independent military organization of the Rhode Island militia that was founded in 1903 and currently serve primarily...
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    James Mitchell Varnum (December 17, 1748 – January 9, 1789) was an American legislator, lawyer, general in the Continental Army, and a pioneer to the...
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    The 1st Rhode Island Regiment (also known as Varnum's Regiment, the 9th Continental Regiment, the Black Regiment, the Rhode Island Regiment, and Olney's...
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    Rhode Island Supreme Court. The house was purchased in 1939 by the Varnum Continentals, and has since served as a museum. The house was listed on the National...
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  • building in Lowell, Massachusetts Varnum School, a historic former school building in Lowell, Massachusetts Varnum's Continentals, a nickname for the 1st Rhode...
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    Island. East Greenwich travel guide from Wikivoyage Official website Varnum Continentals - Historic Museum & Armory East Greenwich Historical Preservation...
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    Feature article on the design and origin of the Quonset Hut from the Varnum Continentals historical organization in East Greenwich, RI. Quonset Hut History...
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  • Christopher Greene was the 1st Rhode Island Regiment also known as the Varnum Continentals. During the war, with wages earned from his years of service, the...
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    predominantly white units of the Continental Army. The 1st Rhode Island Regiment, also known as "Varnum's Continentals", was a Continental Army regiment from Rhode...
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    Corps of Artillery Warren Federal Blues United Train of Artillery Varnum Continentals Providence naval battalion First Light Infantry of Providence Foster...
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  • by the Varnum Continentals. Varnum Memorial Armory Military Museum East Greenwich Kent Military website, operated by the Varnum Continentals in the former...
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    throughout the remainder of the war.[citation needed] "UTA Flag". VARNUM CONTINENTALS. 18 February 2018. "Flag of the United Train of Artillery of Providence...
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  • Silas Royal (category Continental Army soldiers)
    the Varnum family, he was eventually set free and fought in the Continental Army and as an American privateer. Silas Varnum was raised by the Varnum family...
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    Major Thomas William Gardiner Fry (1832-1869), in the armory of the Varnum Continentals in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Major Fry was wounded in action...
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  • Israel Angell (category Continental Army officers from Rhode Island)
    the Varnum Continentals Historical Organization in East Greenwich, RI. Diary of Colonel Israel Angell, commanding the Second Rhode Island continental regiment...
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    The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from several British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution era,...
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    Mitchell Varnum House Armory History". Varnum Continentals. Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-11-02. "James Mitchell Varnum". Nps...
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    2021. Varnum 2014, pp. 6–7. Varnum 2014, pp. 11–12. Varnum 2014, pp. 10–11. Varnum 2014, p. 15. Varnum 2014, p. 17. Varnum 2014, pp. 20–21. Varnum 2014...
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    colonel). In 1778 the regiment was attached to the brigade of General James Varnum. As part of a combined Franco-American attempt to retake British-occupied...
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    Sumner (North Carolina Line 2nd Brigade) Jacobus Swartwout James Mitchell Varnum Anthony Wayne George Weedon James Wilkinson (brevet to brigadier in 1777...
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    Joseph Plumb Martin (category Continental Army soldiers)
    served with the 17th Continental Regiment under the command of General James Varnum. Martin participated in such notable engagements as the Battle of Brooklyn...
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    and defeated the inexperienced Continentals at the Battle of Long Island. The last engagements of the 11th Continental Infantry were the Battles of Trenton...
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    take Scott's former brigade and the brigade of Brigadier General James Varnum, link up with Lafayette in Englishtown and take command of all advance forces...
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    Samuel Ward Jr. (category Continental Army officers from Rhode Island)
    the regiment under the command of Colonel Varnum when it was mobilized in April 1775. On May 3, 1775, Varnum's Regiment became part of the Army of Observation...
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    Revolutionary War campaign for New Jersey. In a surprise attack, the Continental Army led by George Washington attacked the winter quarters of a brigade...
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  • Mitchell Varnum (1748–1789), Delegate to the Continental Congress from Rhode Island 1780–81 1787. Brother of Joseph Bradley Varnum. Joseph Bradley Varnum (1751–1821)...
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    the 22nd, riding ahead of a column of Continental troops (the brigades of John Glover and James Mitchell Varnum) led by the Marquis de Lafayette. News...
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    immediately afterwards. At this point, Washington arrived with the Virginia Continentals and Edward Hand's riflemen. Washington ordered the riflemen and the Virginians...
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    Franklin, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Mitchell Varnum, and George Washington. In 1771, Washington sat for a portrait with Peale...
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    Therefore, during the first few days of constructing their huts, the Continentals primarily ate firecakes, a tasteless mixture of flour and water cooked...
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