Last year I mentioned the NSDAR's 2001 publication African American and American Indian Patriots of the Revolutionary War as a source for this type of information. We have identified and documented some 3,000 names. Copies are available from the DAR Store for $12.00 postpaid (same address as the library, listed below). Eric G. Grundset Library Director DAR Library 1776 D St., N.W. Washington, DC 20006-5392 202-879-3313 egrundset@dar.org <mailto:egrundset@dar.org> -----Original Message----- From: Rhonda Houston [SMTP:rfhouston@mindspring.com] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 12:29 PM To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [A-REV] Men of color serving in regiments with white men? Those regiments are mentioned within a number of these. (1) William Cooper Nell. The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution ... 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, by Nell, William Cooper. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nell/nell.html (2) (One of the top two, I'd say for information!) The Revolution's Black Soldiers ... equal footing with whites. The code ... of the fighting, and the ... of the American Revolution From Newspapers ... Cooper. The Colored Patriots of the ... http://americanrevolution.org/blk.html (3) Historic Context for the African American Military Experience: Preface, Foreword, and Introduction SF 298 Preface The Cultural Resources Research Center at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) in Champaign, Illinois, has been involved for over a decade in all facets of cultural resource management and historic http://www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/ES-Programs/Conservation/Legacy/AAME/a ame1.html (4) Middle Passage and Enslavement (Pay particular attentioin to the "Secondary Print" area!! ... on blacks and whites throughout the Union ... C. The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution. New York ... Americans during fighting in the ... http://arkedu.state.ar.us/africanamerican/slavery.htm (5) Petersburg, Virginia Volunteers 1812-1813 Narrative history of the Petersburg, Virginia Volunteers in the War of 1812. Annotated with sources and other links. http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/pete1812.htm Rhonda Houston ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237