NOW COMES THE TOUGH PART!

The Battle of Yorktown was fought in October and marked the end off our War for Independence.  The year was 1781 and after 6 years of struggle and war with the British Empire our ancestors were now Americans and ready to write our Constitution.
The battle was won by 17,000 + Continentals and French against some 8,600  British Regulars and their German Hirelings when The British surrendered to General Washington.
But the story behind the story is this:  James Armistead, a slave in Virginia wanted to help his country and he offered to carry messages through the lines and at the same time collect information of the movements of the British.  He became a spy!  His help was noted by the Congress and he was later voted a military pension.......Medicineman!