Originally a supply depot for Union forces in Kentucky, Camp Nelson became the site where 10,000 Black soldiers trained in the Civil War. But in the war’s last months, these soldiers were attacked by ...
Members of Lawrence's branch of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War clean the headstones of Union soldiers on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Pioneer Cemetery. Members of the Sons of Union ...
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) - A Union soldier’s grave marker has been missing for decades, but now, thanks to a local organization, a new one has been created in his honor. The soldier from ...
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office donated two new cemetery markers at the Unknown & Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial. "They had to fight for the right, to fight for the ...
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Black soldiers helped save the Union during the Civil War. They will be honored June 21.
PROVIDENCE − Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. On Saturday, June 21, they will be honored as the community marks Juneteenth. "I think it's ...
SEATTLE — For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple copper and ...
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who served our country are not forgotten. More than ...
The sculpture will be mounted on an elevated hill in Franklin County, Virginia. The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S.
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