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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (From left) Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman, NAACP Peoria Chapter president Pastor Marvin Hightower. Illinois State Historical ...

On July 18, 1863, one of the first all-Black army regiments to serve in the Civil War stormed Fort Wagner in South Carolina. The fierce assault against the Confederate Army—portrayed in the film Glory ...

The Travelers -- The Brahmins -- Readville -- The Sea Islands -- Battery Wagner -- Hospitals and Home Fronts -- The Siege -- Florida -- Liberation -- Occupation -- The Veterans -- Epilogue: The Legacy ...

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 ...

The importance of the American flag, celebrated on this holiday, shines through in the story of one Civil War regiment. William Carney heard a familiar voice roar, “Forward 54th!” Dashing up a steep ...

(Editor’s note: This is adapted from James McClure’s foreword to a new Civil War regimental history book about the 200th Pennsylvania Volunteers, “Fearless Sons of War.”) After Scott Mingus delivered ...

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, ...

People exiting Washington, D.C.’s U Street – African American Civil War Memorial – Cardozo Metro stop were welcomed by dozens of people chanting names into microphones on a blustery November morning.

A group of Black Union Army soldiers from Tazewell County who fought in the American Civil War were honored Wednesday when the county dedicated a stone monument and new historical marker at the ...