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Black soldiers helped save the Union during the Civil War. They will be honored June 21.

PROVIDENCE − Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. On Saturday, June 21, they will be honored as the community marks Juneteenth. "I think it's ...
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Enslaved Union Army volunteers now getting their recognition

Louisiana provided over 24,000 soldiers of color to fight for the Union during the Civil War, more than any other state, and ...
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Speaker shares glimpse of Civil War soldier’s life through letters

FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS — Ken Spurgeon, assistant professor of history at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, presented the Friends of Frontier Army Museum speaker series lecture Feb. 26, 2025, ...
The Virginian-Pilot

New historic marker honors Black Union soldier who escaped slavery, became a state delegate

Arthur Carter was always proud of his lineage. “The first night I met him at a mixer at Georgetown University, he told me all about the Eastern Shore of Virginia,” said his widow, Marsha Carter. “He ...

A look inside Cleveland's Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument | Leon Bibb: Then and now

Leon Bibb explores the Civil War memorial in Public Square, where nearly 9,000 Cuyahoga County veterans are honored in stone.
AOL

Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park

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 ...
WHAS11 News

No remains found as search for lost Black Union soldiers pauses in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Archaeologists were on site of a historical dig on Monday to locate the grave of a lost Civil War infantry. A company of Black Union soldiers from the United States Colored Calvary ...
NBC Connecticut

Custom GI-Joe figurine honors legacy of Black Union Civil War soldiers in Berlin

Honoring local Black soldiers who fought for freedom during the Civil War. The Berlin police chief donated a special GI-Joe figurine to be part of a display to highlight the contributions of those ...
Afro

From overseas theatres of war to local civil rights battlegrounds: Veterans who paved the way

The service of Black soldiers in wars such as World War II significantly influenced the Civil Rights Movement, inspiring demands for equality within the military and throughout the United States. Sign ...
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Forged by fire, the reinvention and modernization of the U.S. Army in the Civil War.

For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations that generate combat power.1 Institutional strategy, the mechanism by which ...
The Providence Journal

Black soldiers helped save the Union during the Civil War. They will be honored June 21.

A Juneteenth ceremony will honor 52 Black veterans of the Civil War buried at North Burial Ground in Providence, RI. The Juneteenth Project partners with the city cemetery to highlight the veterans' ...