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 *[http://www.archives.com/Patriots Patriots of Color]. Free database at Archives.com. Includes details about thousands of black Americans in the Revolutionary War.<ref>Dick Eastman, "Archives.com to Publish the Patriots of Color Database," ''Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter,'' 24 February 2012, http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2012/02/archivescom-to-publish-the-patriots-of-color-database.html.</ref>
-=== War of 1812 (1812-1815) ===
+=== War of 1812 (1812-1815)  ===
+African Americans also served in the Regular Army, primarily in the 26th Infantry. The notation "(B)" appears following their names in [http://www.archives.gov/research/military/war-of-1812/1812-discharge-certificates/soldiers-by-name.html Appendix III] for those whose physical description indicates black or mulatto skin color. Persons whose skin was described simply as "dark" are not indicated as "black" since they were probably "dark" caucasians. "Blacks" and "mulattos" noted during records arrangement are:<ref>National Archives and Records Administration, [http://www.archives.gov/research/military/war-of-1812/1812-discharge-certificates/soldiers-by-name.html War of 1812 Discharge Certificates], (accessed 4 April 2012).</ref>
+th Infantry: Richard Boyington.
+th Infantry: George B. Graves.
+th Infantry: Hosea/Hossea Conner, John Cooper, Joseph Freeman, Charles Mathias, Samuel Morris, John Peters, and William Smith. <br>
 === Civil War  ===