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Members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War arrived Saturday at Pioneer Cemetery on a muggy morning that had yet to hit the sweltering high temperatures of the later day and got to work. In ...
Paulette Jiles achieved widespread recognition with her 2016 novel News of the World that was adapted into a feature film ...
William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.
The Friends of the Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign wasted no time beginning work to restore a “historic” ...
This video delves into the pivotal strategies and campaigns of 1864 that led to the Union's decisive advantage in the ...
In the aftermath of two tragic wars perpetrated and rationalized on the socially constructed notion of “race” and racial ...
The Civil War is well known for great battles, famous generals and large casualties. But there was a lesser known side of the ...
On the steps of the SC Statehouse sits a statue of George Washington, with a broken walking stick. How it broke, however, is ...
Memorial service honors rediscovered Waterville graves of Union soldiers The descendants of one Civil War soldier attended the service at Saint Francis Catholic and Pine Grove cemeteries in ...
The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.
At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions to the Union.