"The gallant behavior of Col. Angell's regiment... at Springfield reflects the highest honour upon the officers and men... They disputed an important pass with so obstinate a bravery that they lost upwards of forty killed, wounded and missing before they gave up their ground to a vast superiority of force. - Your Excellency's Most Obedient Servant George Washington."
General Nathanael Greene wrote a similar letter commending Colonel Angell.
Colonel Angell kept a journal and made daily entries. Some of his entries just talked about how nice the weather was on that particular day, but he was at the battles of the Brandywine, Red Bank, and Monmouth. His journals are still available in book form.
His name is on a monument at Valley Forge.
He received gold medals from General George Washington and the Marquis de La Fayette. The gold medal presented to Col. Angell by Lafayette was donated to the Rhode Island Historical Society museum collection in 1938.
His great grandfather Thomas Angell was one of five men with Roger Williams who settled Rhode Island in 1636.
(thank you MIchael Ratliff Lutz)
"The gallant behavior of Col. Angell's regiment... at Springfield reflects the highest honour upon the officers and men... They disputed an important pass with so obstinate a bravery that they lost upwards of forty killed, wounded and missing before they gave up their ground to a vast superiority of force. - Your Excellency's Most Obedient Servant George Washington."
General Nathanael Greene wrote a similar letter commending Colonel Angell.
Colonel Angell kept a journal and made daily entries. Some of his entries just talked about how nice the weather was on that particular day, but he was at the battles of the Brandywine, Red Bank, and Monmouth. His journals are still available in book form.
His name is on a monument at Valley Forge.
He received gold medals from General George Washington and the Marquis de La Fayette. The gold medal presented to Col. Angell by Lafayette was donated to the Rhode Island Historical Society museum collection in 1938.
His great grandfather Thomas Angell was one of five men with Roger Williams who settled Rhode Island in 1636.
(thank you MIchael Ratliff Lutz)
Inscription
Major of Col. Daniel Hitchcock's Regiment 1775
Lieut. Col. 2nd Rhode Island Continental Infantry 1777
Colonel 2nd Rhode Island Continental Infantry 1777-1781
Friend of Washington, Lafayette and Rochambeau
This memorial erected by the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Gravesite Details
Moved to this cemetery in 1918 from the Colonel Israel Angell Burial Ground in Johnston (JN043)
Family Members
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Sarah Angell Cleaveland
1769–1849
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Asa Angell
1771–1798
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Asa Angell
1771–1842
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Abner Angell
1773–1853
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Israel Angell
1775–1821
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Naomi Angell Hinkley
1781–1844
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Ruth Angell Angell
1785–1868
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Stephen Angell
1787–1845
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Oliver Angell
1790–1870
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Luther Angell
1794–1859
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Susannah "Susan" Angell Potter
1798–1877
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Mahetebel W Angell Wilkinson
1800–1877
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Henry Angell
1802–1857
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