sentences:  With Dickson in charge, the soldiers of the Black Brigade received their own military unit flag and $13 a month--a Union Army private's pay--along with various privileges, including the right to visit their families.Put "far in advance of the Union lines" and without weapons, a pontoon bridge was built to bring the Black Brigade into Northern Kentucky.The Black Brigade commenced work that consisted of digging rifle pits, clearing trees as well as building forts, magazines, and roads.