Strong and Brave Fellows

by Knoblock, Glenn A.

• ISBN13: 9780786415489
• ISBN10: 0786415487
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing

Summary

The largest part of this book consists of the service records of all known black soldiers with ties to New Hampshire: 139 who served in New Hampshire's forces, 34 who served in New Hampshire and another colony's forces, and 51 who served in another colony's forces but lived in New Hampshire at some point in their lives. The work also provides information on life for blacks in New Hampshire before and during the American Revolution, and information on campaigns and engagements that blacks from New Hampshire were known to have taken part in.

Author Biography

Author and lecturer Glenn A. Knoblock lives in Dover, New Hampshire

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Preface	1	(2)
Source Abbreviations	3	(2)
Introduction	5	(2)
I. Black Life in New Hampshire Before, During and After the Revolution
Pre-war Slavery in New Hampshire	7	(4)
Black Soldiers and the Continental Congress	11	(2)
Black Enlistment in New Hampshire	13	(2)
Service as Free Men	15	(2)
Service for Freedom	17	(1)
Service with No Freedom	18	(1)
Status as Soldiers	19	(4)
Service as Sailors	23	(2)
The Black Veteran and Pensioner	25	(4)
Blacks as Pioneer Settlers	29	(1)
Religion and the Black Veteran	30	(1)
Death and the Black Veteran	31	(2)
Descendants of Black Veterans	33	(2)
The Black Soldier as a Patriotic Symbol	35	(6)
II. Campaigns and Engagements
Introduction	41	(1)
The Battle of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775	41	(1)
The Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775	42	(1)
The Invasion of Canada, September 1775 to June 1776	43	(1)
New York City Campaign, September 15 to October 28, 1776	44	(1)
The Frigate Raleigh, May 1776 to September 1778	45	(1)
The Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776	45	(2)
Fort Ticonderoga and the Battle of Hubbardton, July 1777	47	(1)
The Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777	48	(1)
Victory at Saratoga, September 19 to October 17, 1777	49	(2)
Winter at Valley Forge, December 1777 to June 1778	51	(2)
The Sloop of War Ranger, May 1777 to May 1780	53	(1)
The Battle of Monmouth, June 1778	53	(2)
Continental Service, July 1778 to May 1779	55	(1)
The Battle of Rhode Island, August 29, 1778	56	(1)
Sullivan's Campaign Against the Six Nations, June to October 1779	57	(1)
Militia Service, 1779	58	(1)
Continental and Militia Service, 1780	59	(1)
New York City and the Siege of Yorktown, 1781	60	(2)
Additional Continental and Militia Service, 1781	62	(2)
Final Continental Service, 1782 to 1784	64	(3)
III. The Men
Introduction	67	(7)
New Hampshire Soldiers	74	(119)
Soldiers with Service to New Hampshire and Other Colonies	193	(50)
Soldiers from New Hampshire Who Served for Other Colonies	243	(68)
Appendix 1: Black Soldiers Who Died During the War	311	(1)
Appendix 2: Breakdown by Regiment of Black Soldiers Who Served for New Hampshire	312	(1)
Appendix 3: Black Soldiers Before the Revolution	313	(2)
Appendix 4: Black Place Nantes and Locales in New Hampshire	315	(2)
Bibliography	317	(10)
Index	327