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During the American Revolution many local state militia units were created to help defend the rights of the colonies. The Colonel William Richmond’s Regiment of State Troops in Continental Service (1775-1777), a militia unit from Rhode Island, fought in support of the American cause.

 

Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_militia_units_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War