Black soldiers' struggles for freedom took place on and off the battlefield during the Civil War.
to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, originally called “Armistice Day” to mark the end of that war, should be a sign of the nation’s gratitude. In celebration of the country’s heroes, Americans left work early, marched in parades, and held public meetings.
He explained that he left because the Illinoians persuaded him to work for their regiment and, after a life in chains, he did not realize that leaving his regiment was a crime. “I have ben a slave al my life,” he wrote, and decamped not knowing the “regulations of the army.” He asked the general “ta forgive me” and “let me go ta my regt.” Before closing, he vowed that he would serve the nation faithfully despite having been incarcerated by the army.
During his service, William Hampton, a formerly enslaved Kentuckian, left camp to recover from"frosted feet" and to see his family. He returned to the plantation he had only months before escaped from to enlist. He planned to rejoin his regiment but was forced to remain on the farm to cultivate the season’s crops when his former enslaver threatened Hampton’s wife, who remained legally the white Kentuckian’s property.
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