be used for improving the quality-of-life of area residents. The battle is commemorated each year by Presidential proclamation, on General Pulaski Memorial Day. Influence on Haitian revolutionaries The battle is much-remembered in Haitian history; the Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue, consisting of some 545 gens de couleur—free men of color from Saint-Domingue—fought with the Americans. Henri Christophe, who later declared himself to be the king of (northern) Haiti, while a republic was established in southern Haiti, was 12-years old at the time and may have been among these troops. Many other less-famous individuals from Saint-Domingue served in this regiment and formed the officer class of the rebel armies in the Haitian Revolution, especially in the northern province around today's Cap-Haïtien, where the unit was recruited. See also American Revolutionary War § War in the South. Places ' Siege of Savannah ' in overall sequence and strategic context. Casimir Pulaski Monument in Savannah William Jasper Monument Notes References Buker, George E. and Richard Apley Martin (July 1979) "Governor Tonyn's Brown-Water Navy: East Florida during the American Revolution, 1775-1778". Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 58–71. Marley, David. Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the PresentABC-CLIO (1998). External links French free colored participation in the Battle of Savannah Summary of Archaeological Finds at Springhill Redoubt Pictures of the "Chasseurs Volontaires" monument, by James Mastin, located in Franklin Square, Savannah, Georgia Attack on British Lines historical marker 1779 in the United States 1779 in Georgia (U.S. state) Conflicts in 1779 Savannah Savannah History of Haiti History of Savannah, Georgia Savannah Savannah