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About 120 Black militiamen took part on the rebel American side in the battle at Bunker Hill in April, 1775.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 29 Mar. 2025
With the exception of Whigham’s puckish, entertaining Bridger, the trappers, soldiers, bounty hunters and militiamen feel like extras from one Sam Peckinpah film or another.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
On November 10, Red Shirts, militiamen, and white mobs surged through Wilmington’s streets and massacred 60 or more Black men.
—Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
The events are loosely based on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which saw Mormon militiamen of the Utah Territorial Militia, or Nauvoo Legion, slaughter at least 120 members of the Baker-Fancher wagon train.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 29 Mar. 2025
With the exception of Whigham’s puckish, entertaining Bridger, the trappers, soldiers, bounty hunters and militiamen feel like extras from one Sam Peckinpah film or another.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
On November 10, Red Shirts, militiamen, and white mobs surged through Wilmington’s streets and massacred 60 or more Black men.
—Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
The events are loosely based on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which saw Mormon militiamen of the Utah Territorial Militia, or Nauvoo Legion, slaughter at least 120 members of the Baker-Fancher wagon train.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Militiaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/militiaman. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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militiaman
noun
mi·li·tia·man
mə-ˈlish-ə-mən 
: a member of a militia
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