Michael Kovats was a Hungarian nobleman and cavalry officer, known as one of the “Founding Fathers of the US Calvary.”

Robert Carter III served as a colonel in the Virginia militia during the Revolution. After the war, Carter pioneered the largest manumission of enslaved African Americans, freeing 500 slaves from his plantations.

Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau was a French nobleman and military commander of all French forces in America during the Revolutionary War.

An orphaned Irish immigrant, Charles Thomson quickly established himself as a merchant, which led to the Delaware American Indians’ selecting him to represent them in negotiations leading to the Treaty of Easton.

Born into a wealthy South Carolina family, John Laurens served as an aide-de-camp to George Washington during the American Revolution.

Colonel Christopher Greene led the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, composed of mostly ex-slaves in the Battle of Rhode Island.

John Sevier was a Revolutionary War hero who famously led the Overmountain Men to victory at the Battle of King’s Mountain in 1780.

For decades, many have speculated that Mary Hays McAuley was one of the primary inspirations for the legend of Molly Pitcher. McAuley has been thought to have taken her husband’s place at his cannon after he was wounded during battle.  

Jean Baptiste Champagne II, a local militia sergeant from New Orleans, is likely to have fought against the British in two major battles of the Revolutionary War.

Major General Anthony Wayne’s extreme bravery in battle earned him the nickname “Mad Anthony” during the American Revolution. He would soon lead the successful attack on the British in Stony Point, New York.