CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The first African American regiment to fight in the Civil War launched an attack on Fort Wagner in the Charleston Harbor on this day in 1863. The 54th Massachusetts Infantry ...

How the 8th Missouri “American Zouaves,” known for open-front embroidered jackets, helped fortify Cape Girardeau in 1861 ...

Lansing will honor Michigan’s sole African American Civil War regiment on April 11. Mayor Andy Schor will proclaim the day "102 United States Colored Troops Day" in the city Saturday. The 102nd United ...

As a regimental history, “Fearless Sons of War” represents a special and useful type of Civil War storytelling.

The 145th Pennsylvania Regiment, primarily from Erie County, was known as a "tough luck" unit during the Civil War. Terry Rensel, an Erie native, will speak about the regiment's experience at the ...

From 1861 to 1865, the United States was ripped in two by war – with the Union in the North and the seceded states, the Confederacy, in the South. These four years witnessed unprecedented bloodshed, ...