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This painting, entitled "Desperate Valor," shows the newly formed regiment in action against the Anspach Regiment in the Newport/Portsmouth area on August 28, 1778. This regiment turned back three attempts of the British to break their line. The delay allowed General Sullivan to escape to the mainland while these troops defended and held off the British advance. The biographer for General Sullivan recorded their action by this entry: "The black troops under Col. Christopher Green displayed desperate valor by holding off three attempts by Hussein troops to break their line."
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