Notes: Israel ANGELL

NOTE 1: Colonel Angell participated in the battles of the Brandywine and Red Bank and was with the army during the terrible winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge. His regiment bore a conspicuous part in the battle of Monmouth, and soon after this engagement he with his regiment was detached from the main army and sent to Rhode Island to unite with General Sullivan in the operations against the enemy at Newport, RI.

NOTE 2: The Battle of Springfield, June 23, 1780, ...Washington has assigned a covering force to Gen Nathanial Greene... The key Springfield Bridge on Galloping Hills Rd (today’s Morris Ave.) is held by Col Israel Angell’s 2nd RI Regt … Angell’s Rhode Islanders hold off the main attack of the British Army, 5 times their number, for 25 minutes….During the height of the battle, Caldwell took the old Watts Hymnals from the 1st Presbyterian Church, gave those to the troops for “wadding” and cartridge paper, shouting, “Give ’em Watts, Boys!” “Put Watts Into ‘em, Boys!”

NOTE 3: For distinguished services at the battle of Springfield, June 23, 1780, he was the subject of special mention by General Washington in a letter to Governor Greene of Rhode Island.