Many of Pitts' soldiers believed they would not have made it through the ordeal had it not been for the leadership of their ...

AND THE BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL TO RESEARCH AND SHED LIGHT ON THE 12 BLACK REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO CALLED EXETER HOME AFTER THE WAR. AT THE TIME, EXETER WAS THE CAPITAL OF ...

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution ... were neutral or Loyalist. For black people, what mattered most was freedom. As the Revolutionary War spread through ...

A historical marker will be placed at Fort Des Moines this summer to honor the 1,000 thousand black soldiers who trained ... black officers were not only American citizens, but also capable ...

exactly half of the soldiers at Fort Concho were African American, starting in 1869 up to 1885. Black men had served in the American armed forces since the Revolutionary War but always in ...

AND THE BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL TO RESEARCH AND SHED LIGHT ON THE 12 BLACK REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO CALLED EXETER HOME AFTER THE WAR. AT THE TIME, EXETER WAS THE CAPITAL OF ...