Posted on Feb 28, 2019
African_Americans_in_the_Revolutionary_War%23Black_Regiment_of_Rhode_Island
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans_in_the_Revolutionary_War#Black_Regiment_of_Rhode_Island
Today in American Military History - 1778 In honor of the Month. One reference I use disputes the date and says 14 Feb, the other, 28 Feb...
The Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of black troops
Today in American Military History - 1778 In honor of the Month. One reference I use disputes the date and says 14 Feb, the other, 28 Feb...
The Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of black troops
African_Americans_in_the_Revolutionary_War%23Black_Regiment_of_Rhode_Island
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That is nifty...I'm not completely surprised it existed, certainly, though I'd honestly never heard of that one, you know?
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COL John McClellan
Thanks CPT! I've been looking for some of the perhaps lesser-known episodes in our long history!
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Thanks for this great history share. The movie "Glory" told a bit of the story of black soldiers in the Civil War.
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I was at the dedication of the monument to the Black Reginent @col John McClellan COL John McClellan brave soldiers they were.
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