In the spirit of the 1960's TV show DRAGNET..........."Just the facts, Mam".
I really do not know what all this is about, just having returned from a Lonnnnnng weekend in Williamsburg (See my other EMail.) But obviously there are some strong feelings out there about what is and what is not being done by somebody or other.
But in the heat of the battle, I ask that we all try to start with correct facts. There was no Colonel William Cabell who led troops at Yorktown. The elder "Colonel William Cabell" served as a Colonel in the French and Indian Wars, but for the entire Revolution served on the Virginia Committee of Safety, and thus (as I understand it) was prohibited from being in the army. His son, William Cabell, Jr. was a student at William and Mary in 1781, and served (as a private soldier as far as I know) with the William and Mary Company. The company is said to have served under his uncle Col. Joseph Cabell. (and just to complicate things, young William Jr. was later known as "Col. William Cabell, Jr." but that was certainly from his Revolutionary War service in the ranks.)
If there is any "good news" in this tempest, it is that it does liven up discussion of history, highlights some things that we might do better, but lets get the facts straight.
Randolph Cabell
Boyce, Virginia
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From: "Anita Wills" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: Surrender at Yorktown to be Commemorated October 18-22, 2006
> The sad part is that none of the Soldiers of Color will be honored. On September 30, 2000 I participated in a ceremony to honor Natives and Blacks that fought at The Siege of Yorktown. To this day none of their names are on the Database as being participants. Even though I sent a copy of the official roster to the Historians at Colonial Yorktown. The Soldiers fought under Colonial William Cabell, and marched from Yorktown on June 21, 1781. The unit joined up with Marquis De Lafayettes unit on the march. Lafayette, and William Cabell will be honored but the soldiers names who marched under Cabell will not.
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> Every participant should be honored regardless of race. The other group that should be honored are the slaves whose bodies are buried on the battlefield at Colonial Yorktown.
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> This is not history, it is an attempt to ignore those who fought and died for America. They have a rightful place in history, and it is a shame that in 2005, we are still fighting for those rights.
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> Anita Wills
> -- John Maass <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Subject: Surrender at Yorktown to be Commemorated October 18-22, 2006
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> The Brigade of the American Revolution, Colonial National Historical Park
> and Endview Plantation will commemorate the 225th anniversary of the
> surrender of over eight thousand British, German, and loyal American troops
> to George Washington's Continental Army and French allies on October 19,
> 1781 in Yorktown, Virginia.
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> http://www.siegeofyorktown.org./
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