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Gage: “the Rebels have brought all the Savages they could against us here.”
Charlie Rosenberg Charlie Rosenberg

Gage: “the Rebels have brought all the Savages they could against us here.”

Among the many Native American nations who fought for American independence from the British Empire, the Stockbridge were the first, fighting at Bunker Hill, White Plains, Saratoga, and the Philadelphia campaign, before most of the company was killed in a British ambush in what is now Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.

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There’s a woman in every army: Deborah Samson and Massachusetts light infantry
Charlie Rosenberg Charlie Rosenberg

There’s a woman in every army: Deborah Samson and Massachusetts light infantry

There were probably a number of women who fought in the Continental Armies for American independence. They had to disguise themselves as men of course. Deborah Samson is perhaps the best known female veteran of the Revolutionary War. Literate and thoroughly familiar with the Bible, she undoubtedly knew about the woman of the same name who led an Israelite army against the Canaanites.

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Adjutant General Alexander Scammell’s “Return of Negroes in the Army”
Addie Sorbo Addie Sorbo

Adjutant General Alexander Scammell’s “Return of Negroes in the Army”

Although there was no uniform effort to record the complexion or race of Continental Army soldiers during the Revolutionary War, there are enumerations that provide some clue to their presence. Once was undertaken by Adjutant General Alexander Scammell, 24th August 1778. This was a “Return of Negroes in the Army” directly under George Washington’s command, two months after the Battle of Monmouth.

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