Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the ...

Grant, Gilbert (R. I.) Lieutenant; of Lippitt's Rhode Island Militia Regiment, 19th
August, 1776; 1st Lieutenant 2d Rhode Island, 1st January, 1777, to —.
Gray, Pardon (R. I.). Lieutenant-Colonel Rhode Island Militia in 1775.
Gray, Thomas (R. I.). Captain 3d Rhode Island, 28th June to December, 1775; served
subsequently as Lieutenant-Colonel Rhode Island Militia. (Died —, 1803.)
Greene, Benjamin (R. I.). Surgeon's Mate 3d Rhode Island, June to December, 1775.
Greene, Christopher (R. I.). Major of Varnum's Rhode Island Regiment, 3d May, 1775;
Lieutenant-Colonel, —; taken prisoner at Quebec, 31st December, 1775; Colonel 1st
Rhode Island, 27th February, 1777, to rank from 1st January, 1777. By the Act of 4th
November, 1777, it was "Resolved, that Congress have a high sense of the merit of
Colonel Greene, and the officers and men under his command, in their late gallant
defence of the Fort at Red Bank, on the Delaware River, and that an elegant sword be
provided by the Board of War and presented to Colonel Greene." Killed 14th May,
1781, by Delancey's Tories in Westchester County, New York.
Greene, Daniel (R. I.). 2d Lieutenant of Tallman's Rhode Island State Regiment, 12th
December, 1776; Ensign 1st Rhode Island, 11th April, 1777; taken prisoner 2d
November, 1777; where not stated; died 30th April, 1778.
Greene, Griffin (R. I.). Paymaster 1st Rhode Island, 18th July, 1777; resigned 31st May,
1778.
Greene, Job (R. I.). 2d Lieutenant of Stanton's Rhode Island State Regiment, 12th
December, 1776, to May, 1777.
Greene, John Morley (R. I.). Ensign 2d Rhode Island, 1st March, 1779; wounded at
Springfield, 23d June, 1780; Lieutenant, —, 1780; retained in Olney's Rhode Island
Battalion, 14th May, 1781, and served to 15th December, 1783.
Greene, Nathaniel (R. I.). Brigadier-General Rhode Island troops, 3d May, 1775;
Brigadier-General Continental Army, 22d June, 1775; Major-General, 9th August,
1776; (Quartermaster-General, 2d March, 1778, to 30th September, 1780.) By the Act
of 29th October, 1781, it was "Resolved, that the thanks of the United States in
Congress assembled be presented to Major-General Greene, for his wise, decisive and
magnanimous conduct in the action of the 8th of September last, near the Eutaw
Springs, in South Carolina, in which, with a force inferior in number to that of the
enemy, he obtained a most signal victory * * * that a British stand of colors be
presented to Major-General Greene as an honorable testimony of his merit, and a
golden medal emblematical of the battle and victory aforesaid."
Greenman, Jeremiah (R. I.). Sergeant 2d Rhode Island, 1st January, 1777; Ensign, 1st
May, 1779; transferred to 1st Rhode Island, 1st January, 1781; Lieutenant, —, 1781;
retained in Olney's Rhode Island Battalion, 14th May, 1781; Adjutant, 1st October,
1782, and served to 15th December, 1783.
Hall, Levi (R .I.). Lieutenant-Colonel Rhode Island Militia, 1775–1776.
Ham, William (R. I.). 2d Lieutenant of Elliott's Regiment Rhode Island State Artillery,
12th December, 1776, to May, 1777.
Hammett, Malachai (R. I.). 1st Lieutenant of Richmond's Rhode Island State Regiment,
1st November, 1775; Captain, 19th August, 1776; Captain of Stanton's Rhode Island
State Regiment, 12th December, 1776, to June, 1777.
Handy, John (R. I.). Regimental Quartermaster of Richmond's and Tallman's Rhode
Island State Regiments, 15th January, 1776, to January, 1777. (Died 2d March, 1828.)