American Revolution

Brave colored artilleryman

Image Title:
A Brave Artilleryman

Note:
“. . . a colored Artillerist who, while having charge of a cannon with a white fellow soldier, was wounded in one arm. He immediately turned to his comrade, and proposed changing his position, exclaiming that he had yet one arm left with which he could render some service to his country. The change proved fatal to the heroic soldier, for another shot from the enemy killed him upon the spot. “ [Nell and Stowe pgs 23-24 - Read More]

Source:
Nell, William C., and Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1855.The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, with Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons: to which is added a Brief Survey of the Condition and Prospects of Colored Americans. Boston: R.F. Wallcut, between pgs. 20-21. Book at Google

Subject:
War - Revolutionary War - American Revolution -Artilleryman

Date:
1855

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-MILAR-3

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