By the end of the Civil War, there were almost 200,000 colored troops, roughly 10% of the Union Army. After the Civil War, Lincoln acknowledged the role the colored troops had in securing a Union ...

Scholars talked about the contributions of the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War and how they are remembered at various battle sites. Panelists also discussed the portrayal of black troops ...

After the Civil War, Lincoln acknowledged the role the colored troops had in securing a Union victory. "Without the military help of the black freedmen, the war against the south could not have ...

The names of 107 veterans from Cuyahoga County who fought for the Union with the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War will be announced June 19 at the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors ...

There was, however, another factor: this was a regiment of Black soldiers, the 102nd United States Colored Troops. By the end of the war, nearly 180,000 African Americans had served in the Union ...

Hari Jones talked about U.S. colored troops and African Americans' fight for freedom during the Civil War. He argued that African Americans played a broader role in defeating the Confederacy than ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops, made up ...

The names of 107 Colored Troops veterans were read aloud during a ceremony that announced their inclusion to the Roll of Honor at the Cuyahoga County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument on Public ...

More than 17,000 of them fought for the Union in the Civil War, including more than 5,500 Black soldiers, designated by the U.S. War Department in 1863 as United States Colored Troops.

Black troops played a significant role during the Civil War, one that has been preserved in photographs and service records. But historians say their contribution has not been adequately honored.

The black Civil War veteran pictured here is John Aquilla Wilson, known as 'Quil,' of Fawn Township in southeastern York County, Pa. He enlisted in the United States Colored Troops, 32nd Regiment ...

Where Civil War Soldiers Will March Again. ... 1865, the flags, muskets and blue forage caps of the Fifth Regiment of the United States Colored Troops would have appeared in the distance.