Bill Introduced To Honor 200,000 Black Union Soldiers With Gold Medal
There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...
Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...
Confederate capital of Missouri was in Texas
Did you know that Confederate Missouri leaders actually moved to Shreveport and then Marshall, Texas, to establish the ...
Enslaved people took refuge at pioneering hotel on NC Outer Banks. But perils awaited
A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...
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Bill to Honor Civil War’s Black Soldiers Reintroduced, Coinciding with Black History Month
The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...
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Black Civil War soldiers massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky, remembered 160 years later
(WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for ... of formerly enslaved men who joined the Union Army during the Civil War—was ambushed by ...
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In Camden's historic Butler Cemetery, a pastor honors lives and legacies of Black Civil War soldiers
The private cemetery is the final resting place for eight Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. "They were men who were colored troops who couldn't be buried in White ...
Union Park: Hanover renames local playground to honor historic battle fought on its land
A park that was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Hanover has a new name, in honor of the Union soldiers that ...
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U.S. Senator Reintroduces Bill to Award Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 African Americans Who Fought to Preserve the Union in the Civil War
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Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
The military records show that Melvin Bean, Samuel Blalock, John Burns, Albert D.J. Cashier, Lyons Wakeman and Frank Thompson fought on American battlefields during ... soldiers — crusty old ...