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Regiment, meeting their first test at the battle of rhode island, a desperate clash in the aftermath of the failed attempt with france to force the british from newport. >> a large american land force would move south into newport, and then a french fleet would arrive in newport and then basically contain the british and hessian troops. but as the french fleet were arriving, there was a great gale, and it damaged significantly a number of the ships. the american army were outmatched and outnumbered, so they decided to retreat off of the island. >> don't fire! >> the rhode island regiment was a...

From the thousands of enemy troops in newport that the raid has a chance of success. >> the daring mission to capture british general richard prescott is made even more dangerous because it requires a nighttime crossing of the heavily patrolled narragansett bay, with jack sisson at the helm. sisson is likely chosen because he's a highly skilled boatman. >> they muffled the oars, so they said, so they could slide right by the british men of war, who were there in the bay. they came up on the shore and were able to maneuver around patrols. >> come on, men. fall in and close up. >> the raid is mo...

Gave an official statement of his heroism to the massachusetts governor. >> stay there! >> salem! >> help these men reload and fire! >> [ groans ] >> i said reload and fire! >> salem poor, another extremely brave man in the heat of fire. he absolutely stands as one of the great african heroes of the revolution right beside jack sisson. [ birds chirping ] >> jack sisson's story may not be as well-known, but he is no less heroic. having proven himself in the prescott raid, sisson now joins 400 integrated soldiers, commanded by colonel christopher greene, at a

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