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Union forces flanked Confederate soldiers during the Battle of Williamsburg with the help of escaped African American slaves.
“This obviously is not something we could have done on our own. People in Williamsburg have been caring about this property for so long. I will tell you that if any one of our parts had failed the house of cards would have come down. This is a big win,” said Mary Koik, director of communications of the Battlefield Trust.
WYDaily revisits the Williamsburg Battlefield and its importance to Black American history.
Local Civil War site yields a wealth of untold stories about Black American history.