State Sen. Paula Hicks-Hudson says the soldiers' legacy of deeds, not words, has shaped northwest Ohio for decades.

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William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

But getting that flag from Rhode Island, flown by the only regiment in the Continental Army to have segregated companies of Black soldiers, was an especially high hurdle.