Neale, a Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied the traditional military honor because of protocols dating to the slavery era. (Jerry Jackson/Staff) Giles also found newspaper accounts that ...

A Black War of 1812 veteran who has been denied a traditional military honor due to protocols dating to the slavery era will be memorialized in a Frederick cemetery this weekend, though not by the ...

The gravestone for Samuel Neale, a Black veteran who served as a surgeon's mate in the War of 1812, shortly after being unveiled Saturday at St. John's Cemetery in downtown Frederick. More in U.S.

Neale served in the Maryland State Militia during the War of 1812. Samuel A ... evidence far beyond what I have normally seen in 1812-era cases. I felt that the law clearly supported the judge ...