The Civil War meant different things to different people: Southerners fought a War of Northern Aggression, Northerners fought to save the Union. African-Americans fought for their freedom. The firing ...

A new statue of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation will be unveiled at the African American Civil War ...

Discover key resources and expert tips for tracing Civil War ancestors from Southeast Missouri, including databases, military ...

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On a farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jake Bryan starts each morning the same way his father, grandfather and great-grandfather before him.But the history of the Bryan family farm dates back more than ...

BLACKSBURG — Students at Virginia Tech are working to shed some light on a part of American history that has been overlooked and long forgotten. Their work has uncovered details of 70 Black men who ...

When the Civil War erupted in 1861, no one on Long Island had a more personal stake in the outcome than its Black residents. Although free, they were keenly aware of the impact of slavery. Most were ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. -- Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and '50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg ...

A film featuring the story of the 5th Regiment, U.S. Colored Cavalry in the Civil War, will be screened Oct. 27 in Fremont at the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums. “Camp Delaware” chronicles the ...

“Slavery to Soldier,” a program about Black soldiers fighting in the Civil War, will be presented from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 27, and from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 28, at Forts Randolph & ...

SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky. A snow-covered stretch of Highway ...

FORECAST COMING UP FOR US IN JUST A MOMENT. WELL, TODAY A PIECE OF CIVIL WAR HISTORY CAME TO LIFE IN THE HEART OF THE CAPITAL CITY. RE-ENACTORS WITH BUFFALO SOLDIERS, FLORIDA INCORPORATED ARE TOURING ...