captivity had reduced the waldeck regiment to about approximately 250 soldiers. remember, they had more than 770. the hesitant officer johann, about a year ago was in south carolina at the time, learned about their fate. a lot shortly after that, an entry in his diary captured, the sense of grief about the loss of so many of his compatriots in what seemed to him to be among the remotest places of the world, as he it. how harold german bones are scattered around in this war. the prisoners that been captured before the surrender of pensacola were first held in new orleans, being taken to mexico, and then to havana, cuba. many died of disease there. others. many of them. probably went into spanish service. some undoubtedly settled in cuba, florida or louisiana. the troops that had surrendered in pensacola were sent to new york under the treaty with spain on spanish vessels. the last person on one of the embarkation lists was identified as a black woman. like the other women with a valid because she remained unnamed. most likely she was employed by the regiment as an

like the other woman with the waldeck, he remained unnamed. likely she was employed by the regiment as an individual officer or a servant. however, the records do not reveal anything about her other than that she was black or that she was free. this brings me to my final records. on the left, you see braunschweig garrison church records, dated 1877. it documents the baptism of flight five black drummers who accompanied the german troops to germany at the conclusion of the war. the baptisms were sponsored by officers that were veterans of the war, including general otto vaughan--. the register notes that the baptism and confirmation attracted an unusually large crowd. the record also notes that four of the five men were born in america, and one was born in africa. for the duration of the war, military units in america actively recruited black men as musicians, laborers, servants and, in rare instances, also private. black men and women also served the regiment in less formal roles, including personal servants, laborers and cooks. on the right,