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Robert Blake

(DOB Unknown–DOD Unknown)

Blake was a navy sailor aboard the USS Marblehead off Laurelville on the Stono River, South Carolina. On December 25, 1863, in an engagement with the enemy, he was assigned to a cannon. Blake, an escaped slave, carried out his duties and fought bravely throughout the engagement which resulted in the enemy’s abandonment of their positions and leaving a caisson and several guns behind.