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Col. Alfred N. Duffie, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, Bull Run, Virginia, July 1862. When the American Civil War broke out, Duffié enlisted in the Union Army. He first joined the 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment (also known as the Harris Light Cavalry), on August 9, 1861, [4] and was soon promoted to the rank of captain.
Remarkable Women of Rhode Island. American Heritage. Charleston, SC: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-62619-537-0. Van Broekhoven, Deborah B. van (2002). Devotion of These Women: Rhode Island in the Antislavery Network. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1-55849-363-6.
Patrick T. Conley and Manuel Gorriaran, Eminent Rhode Islanders: Biographical Profiles of the Inductees to the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, 1965-2000 (Providence: [The Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in conjunction with the Rhode Island Publications Society, 2001]). Patrick T. Conley, Rhode Island's Founders: From Settlement to Statehood.
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Tanya Donelly, musician; vocalist for Rhode Island–based bands Belly and Throwing Muses; guitarist for the band The Breeders; Charlie Fern, White House speechwriter, journalist; Van Johnson, actor, known best for "all-American" roles in MGM films during World War II; Lawson Little, 1940 U.S. Open golf champion; Lillian Richter, lithographer
Hugh Duffy (November 26, 1866 – October 19, 1954) was an American outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He was a player or player-manager for the Chicago White Stockings , Chicago Pirates , Boston Reds , Boston Beaneaters , Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies between 1888 and 1906.
Burrillville was also one of seven towns in Rhode Island where independent candidate Ross Perot finished in second place during the 1992 presidential election. Perot received 2,018 votes (31.47 percent) behind Bill Clinton 's 2,454 votes (38.27 percent) and ahead of George H. W. Bush 's 1,880 (29.32 percent).
Duffy, who was named one of People's Most Beautiful in 1993, says it's vital for her to "live a very full life" because due to her illness, she's not participating in the world "80% of the time."