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 ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Nearly 180,000 African American men fought for the Union in the Civil War. A new exhibit called ...

PLYMOUTH, N.C. (WITN) - A ceremony and ribbon cutting were held in Plymouth to remember the black soldiers who fought during ...

A new bill aims to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the African Americans who fought for the Union in the Civil ... African American soldiers, known as the United States Colored Troops. By ...

These combat-tested Black soldiers have symbolized selfless patriotism among Black Civil War troopers. But most Black Civil War soldiers never saw combat. Instead, they worked on U.S ...

The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office donated cemetery markers at a Civil War memorial to honor Black soldiers that fought for the ...

It took 150 years for this veteran to finally get the respect he deserves. Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his great-great-great ...

Karl Puckett [email protected] The memorial highlighting the area’s Black Civil War soldiers is planned for a prominent gateway on Boundary Street in a city where generations of Black ...

was one of the more than 200,000 names listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C. That meant he was a soldier who served in a United States Colored Troops regiment that ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program dedicated a new historical marker Saturday to commemorate Black soldiers who fought in the U.S. Civil War. The new marker is ...

The church and others will work with high school students and youth groups to educate them on the Black soldiers who fought in the Civil War and hailed from either their county or town.