Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

"Incidents of the war ... Soldiers Office from 1865-1868 4 million — Number of enslaved persons in the U.S. in 1860 180,000 — Number of African American soldiers that served in the Civil War 1 ...

Tom Wolff “We’ve tended to see soldiers in the 1860s as stoic and heroic—monuments to duty, honor and sacrifice,” says Lesley Gordon, editor of Civil War History, a leading academic ...

On the morning of September 29, 1864, as dawn broke over eastern Virginia, some 700 1 black soldiers ... of black soldiers’ valor during America’s wars, but no Civil War battle has a more ...

Bones found 10 years ago during excavations for Riverfront Park were determined to be Union soldiers and were properly ...

"Incidents of the war ... Soldiers Office from 1865-1868 4 million — Number of enslaved persons in the U.S. in 1860 180,000 — Number of African American soldiers that served in the Civil War 1 ...