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2. Rhode Island National Guard - Wikipedia

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   Guide to the Office of the Adjutant General Rhode Island National Guard Unit History records and photographs from the Rhode Island State Archives; Guide to the Rhode Island National Guard (RING) 110th Public Affairs Detachment photographs and negatives from the Rhode Island State Archives; National Guard Mobilization for the Mexican Border ...

3. Melville Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center

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   PT-200 hit an submerged object and sank, while patrolling Rhode Island coastal waters. [6] In 1942, PT-59 launched a torpedo in error, it traveled seven miles and hit the cargo ship USS Capella at Jamestown, Rhode Island she was repaired and returned to service. Capella was beached to stop her from sinking.

4. Rhode Island Army National Guard - Wikipedia

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   The Rhode Island National Guard traces it origins to the earliest known colonial defensive force which was formed on May 13, 1638, and called the "Traine Band", in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The new force was founded as, “Freemen as a militia subject to call and expected to perform certain military duties in the protection of the people.” [ 6 ]

5. 11th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment - Wikipedia

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   The 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) was organized in Providence, Rhode Island, and mustered in August 28, 1863, for three years service. The regiment served unattached, XIII Corps, Department of the Gulf, to May 1864 (1st Battalion). Defenses of New Orleans, Department of the Gulf, to October 1865.

6. Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay - Wikipedia

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   In Rhode Island the improvements were modest, being limited to repairs at Fort Wolcott and Fort Adams. In the Secretary of War's report for 1811 Fort Dumpling was noted as incomplete, and Fort Greene was "in a state of ruin". [25] Rhode Island was not attacked in the War of 1812. State troops were mobilized to garrison Fort Adams and Fort ...

7. List of Rhode Island Civil War units - Wikipedia

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   List of military units raised by the state of Rhode Island during the American Civil War. ... 1st Rhode Island Battery (a.k.a. Tompkin's Marine Artillery)