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General Assembly proclaimed, "Every slave, so enlisting, shall, upon his passing muster before Col. Christopher Greene, be immediately discharged from the service of his master or mistress, and be absolutely FREE as though he had never been encumbered with any Kind of Servitude or Slavery". No other state followed this course of action. Though every "negro, mulatto, or Indian man-slave" was eligible to enroll and the bounty was the same as for white men, fewer than 200 signed up. Alarmed at the cost, the Rhode Island Assembly stopped recruiting slaves on 10 June 1778.
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battle, no quarter will be given". When Stuart insisted on seeing the fort's commander, Olney replied that they would, "defend the fort unto the last". The British officer pressed further and Olney remarked that, "seeing Colonel Greene was altogether needless," because he would defend the fort "as long as he had a man and as to mercy it was neither sought nor expected". Hessian officer
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recalled Olney shouting, "By God no!" in reply to the demand for surrender. Later that afternoon, the Hessians tried to rush the fort but were slaughtered by American gunfire. An eyewitness reported that during the fight, Olney used the flat of his sword on soldiers who fired over the parapet without
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The sources stated only that Olney fought in four battles (Red Bank, Monmouth, Springfield, and Yorktown). However, one source noted that, "he participated in many engagements", so it is likely that he fought in other battles as well. During the period May 1775 to January 1777, the regiment served in
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of the 1st Rhode Island sent Lieutenant Colonel Olney of the 2nd Regiment to receive the message. Stuart addressed Olney in a tone loud enough for the fort's garrison to hear. He said, "The King of England orders his rebellious subjects to lay down their arms, and they are warned that if they stand
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assembled 6,000 troops nearby, many more than he had suspected. Oswald withdrew his two guns because they were out of round shot and the crews were unable to bring up their ammunition wagon. As Clinton's troops moved forward menacingly, Lee lost control of his division. Some units began retreating
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New Jersey Brigade. Two more guns were sent to the rear. Washington appeared on the scene and relieved Lee of his command. However, he soon relented and permitted Lee to organize a holding action while he deployed the American main body into a defensive line. Lee placed Olney's brigade behind a
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In January 1778, the enlisted men of the 1st Rhode Island were transferred to the 2nd Rhode Island. The officers and non commissioned officers of the 1st went back to the state to recruit. The regiment was filled up by enrolling enslaved blacks whose owners were compensated by the state. The RI
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that was owned by his in-laws. He sold water from "Jeremiah Olney's Fountain" to nearby homes in North Providence. He bought shares in turnpikes, sold framed prints, invested in property, and sold lottery tickets. He acted as the agent for some ex-officers who owned shares in a farm in
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After the war, Colonel Olney served as Distributor of Pensions for Rhode Island's invalid soldiers. During the war he paid his own money for supplies and equipment for his regiment. After the war he had difficulty getting reimbursed for these expenses.
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and other units, seeing their neighbors withdraw, fell back as well. Observing his troops withdrawing without orders, Lee gave orders for a general retreat. Oswald, Lee's artillery chief, massed 10 cannon to cover the movement.
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The 1st and 2nd Regiments were merged on 1 January 1781 and the new unit was named the Rhode Island Regiment. Olney transferred to the new regiment in January and assumed command of the regiment on 14 May 1781 after
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and held various civil offices. After helping to establish the Providence Theater, he defended it against accusations of immorality. He also invested in farms, turnpikes, shipping, and other business ventures.
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At the end of the war Olney resigned his commission. He was one of the few individuals who served in the Continental Army for the entirety of its existence. He was a founding member of the Rhode Island
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and one of the founders of the Rhode Island colony. Olney at first declined a captain's commission in the Rhode Island Army of Observation. Later he assumed command of a company of infantry in Colonel
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aiming their muskets. American losses in the engagement were 14 killed, 21 wounded, and one captured while the Hessians suffered 90 killed, 227 wounded, and 69 missing. Donop was mortally wounded.
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to parents Joseph Olney (1706–1777) and Elizabeth T. Mawney (b. 1714). He was one of Joseph's 12 children and was sibling to a twin named Marcy. Olney descended from
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was killed. After this action, which occurred about noon, Olney joined the rest of Lee's division which was reorganizing in the rear of Washington's main body.
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advanced guard, this 300-man unit also included the converged 4th and 8th Connecticut Regiment plus two attached guns from Captain David Cook's company of the
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north-south hedgerow with two of Oswald's guns in support on their right. Oswald's other two guns took a position where they could cover the detachments of
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on 28 June 1778, Olney led the two consolidated Rhode Island regiments in Varnum's brigade which was temporarily commanded by Colonel John Durkee. Part of
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on 2 January 1777 where they held the lower ford on the left flank. In this position, they repelled the attacks of the British light infantry and Hessian
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Pressed by British columns, the retreat continued and Oswald dissolved his large battery, returning Olney's two guns as well as two guns belonging to
478:, Stewart and Ramsey were driven out of the woods on the left. Both Stewart and Ramsey fell wounded and Ramsey was captured by some troopers of the 523: 550:'s Division. Olney was brevetted as a colonel on 30 September 1783 in recognition of his long and faithful service in the Continental Army. 447: 274:. The regiment, which numbered only 120 men, belonged to a 352-man brigade commanded by Hitchcock. The 2nd Regiment participated in the 1215: 455: 538:
that same day. When the regiment began its march south to Virginia, Olney was listed as the commander of 360 officers and men. At the
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Department on 12 March 1777 and back to the main army on 14 September. Under the command of Varnum, the 2nd Regiment arrived at
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rallied the Americans on the hill where Thomas Clark's house still stands. Hitchcock's small brigade joined with forces under
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to protect Oswald's two guns on the right, but instead he took position behind the hedgerow on Olney's left.
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Olney pursued numerous money-making ventures after the war. From 1784 until his death, he managed a farm in
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on the left flank. At this time Durkee was wounded and Olney succeeded him in command of Varnum's brigade.
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In 1780 he married the governor's daughter, Sarah Cooke. Later that year he led his regiment in action at
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Site of Joseph Moulder's battery at Princeton. Hitchcock's brigade was to the right of this position.
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and served as its treasurer and later as its president from 1800 until his death in 1812.
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Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, Rhode Island Battalion; 1 March 1783 - 25 December 1783
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under a flag of truce to demand the fort's surrender. The American commander, Colonel
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Olney's brigade faced the crack British grenadiers at Monmouth. Grenadier, 40th Foot.
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Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, Rhode Island Regiment; 14 May 1781 - 28 February 1783
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The African-American soldier on the left is from the Rhode Island Regiment in 1781.
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The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in the State of Delaware, 1781-1783
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On 26 April 1780 Olney wed Sarah Cooke (1755–1843), daughter of Governor
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on 23 June 1780. In the combat, the 2nd Rhode Island under Angell held up
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caused a large increase in smuggling and he resigned his post in 1809.
259:'s division included Hitchcock's Regiment with a strength of 368 men. 151:. He formed a company of infantry from that state at the start of the 1160:. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 60-4. 306: 271: 190:. After the war he helped found the Rhode Island chapter of the 147:(1749 – 10 November 1812) was born into an old family from 85: 931:. Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc. p. 240. 186:. He moved south in 1781 to lead the Rhode Island Regiment at 171:. After its commander was wounded early in the action, he led 1099:
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Soon after this, Lee became aware that British commander
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at the beginning of 1777. As second-in-command of the
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The 1st Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Line
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Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island
Continental Army
Colonel
American Revolutionary War
Siege of Boston
Battle of Red Bank
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Springfield (1780)
Siege of Yorktown
Society of the Cincinnati
Rhode Island
American Revolutionary War
captain
lieutenant colonel
2nd Rhode Island Regiment
Red Bank
Varnum's
Monmouth
Springfield
Yorktown
Society of the Cincinnati
Federalist Party
Providence, Rhode Island
Thomas Olney
First Baptist Church in America
Daniel Hitchcock
11th Continental Regiment
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Siege of Boston

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