Agrippa Hull: The Black Revolutionary War Soldier Who Served Six Years for Independence

In This Article His Story Early Life and Family Enlisting in the Revolution Saratoga and Valley Forge Serving Tadeusz Kościuszko The Southern Campaign Washington’s Signature From His Account Military Service A New Life in Stockbridge Landowner and Businessman Later Life and Burial Family and Descendants Historical Legacy Original Sources and Historical Note Agrippa Hull Born … Read more

Joseph Plumb Martin – The Soldier Who Told the Revolution from the Ranks

In This Article His Story The Minister’s Son Who Wanted to Fight A Fifteen-Year-Old Goes to War The Disastrous New York Campaign Returning to the Continental Army Under Fire at Fort Mifflin Hunger at Valley Forge The Heat and Gunfire at Monmouth Faith, Providence, and the Hungry Soldier Digging Toward the British at Yorktown The … Read more

Ezra Harwood: Six Years in Washington’s Army and a Soldier’s Forgotten Name

In This Article His Story A Soldier with Two Names Six Years and Five Months Discharged by George Washington A Discharge That Was Not Yet Final Marriage and Life in Danvers A Widow’s Struggle for Recognition When a Name Stood in the Way From His Account Military Service Later Life & Burial Family & Descendants … Read more