Name/Title
Battle of Springfield: Colonel Israel Angell Commemoration MemorialEntry/Object ID
2025.055.038Description
Photograph of a memorial to Colonel Israel Angell in Springfield.
The Memorial reads:
To the memory of Colonel Israel Angell
Who commanded the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry
At the
Battle of Springfield
28th June, 1780
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Headquarters, Ramapaugh, 26th June, 1780
Sir:
The gallant behaviour of Col. Angell's Regiment
on the 23rd instant, at Springfield, reflects the highest honour upon the officers and men, they disputed an important pass with so obstinant a bravery that they lost upwards of 40 killed, wounded and missing, before they gave up their ground to a vast superiority of force.
Your Excellency's Most Obedient Servant
Geo. Washington
To
Governour Greene
Col. Records, Vol. IX, P.220.Acquisition
Accession
2025.055Acquisition Method
Found