The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers ... and the African American Civil War ...

Henry Wirz remains one of the most controversial figures of the Civil War. As commandant of Andersonville Prison, he oversaw ...

The city of Beaufort is developing six acres of prime property along Battery Creek into a park to honor the unsung story of a remarkable group of Civil War soldiers known as the 1st South Carolina ...

The new Civil War Trails sign on the Eastern Shore dedicates Peter Jacob Carter. The sign’s origins lie with Arthur Carter, ...

As the nation commemorates the 250th anniversary of the War for Independence, the contributions of Black patriots are at risk ...

The colonial victory against the British in the American Revolutionary War was far from a predetermined outcome. In addition ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Unbeknownst to parishioners and the public, Bruton Parish Church officials hung a new plaque explaining an existing Civil War-era tablet that honors dead Confederate soldiers from ...

ST. LOUIS – In a relentless rainstorm, a groundbreaking ceremony was held, attributing to the sacrifice of African American soldiers during the Civil War. “The troops could go out if our ...

Today's History Seekers adventure takes us to a field used by both confederate and union soldiers during the American Civil War. We take a girl to the field using an AT MAX metal detector to find ...

After scrutinizing the paper, its size and the ink ... Literacy rates were high on both sides during the Civil War—about 90 percent for Union soldiers, above 80 percent for Confederates.

A New York Times reporter and photographer were the first Western journalists to visit central Khartoum since the civil ... the war, when they held most of Khartoum,” Mr. Boswell said. Soldiers ...