Three Medals Of Honor, Battle Of New Market Heights, September 29, 1864 16th Queens Light Dragoon

16th Queens Light Dragoon

Seeing the desperate situation from different vantage points

Colonel Bartow had little choice but order a retreat

happy … shall they be pronounced hereafter who have contributed anything …  in erecting this stupendous fabric of freedom and empire on the broad basis of independency

On one side was a Latin inscription that summarizes the importance of this forgotten clash: Ferro iis libertas perveniet

Three Medals Of Honor, Battle Of New Market Heights, September 29, 1864 16th Queens Light Dragoon350 Signed Numbered Overall: 31. 25" x 24. 25" Image: 27" x 20" $225. 00 This haunting image by master historical artist Don Troiani depicts what is arguably the most important day in African American military history. The Battle of New Market Heights, fought on Thursday September 29, 1864 on the outskirts of the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, showcased the fighting prowess of African American Union soldiers (known as United States Colored