 Of these, 33 hailed from Providence 31 from Newport, 15 from Smithfield, and the rest from smaller towns.At that time, the 2nd Regiment was brigaded with the 1st Rhode Island Regiment under the command of Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum in Major General Israel Putnam's division on the Hudson River.Ordered to join the main army, the Rhode Island Brigade left Peekskill, New York on September 29, 1777.