Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rhode Island” in chapter 7, page 455 of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2:

...nant, Dec. 24, 1853. Regimental Adjutant, Nov. 4, 1854, to May 25, 1857. Resigned, July 13, 1860. Colonel, 16th Mass. Infantry, July 13, 1861. See Massachusetts Field Officers. Born in Rhode Island . Appointed from Massachusetts. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 27, 1863. Resigned, Dec. 31, 1863.
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† Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) 3,308 72 0 0 0 user votes
Rhode Island (California, United States) 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Rhode Island (New York, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Rhode Island (Texas, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes

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