The Militia Act, passed by the United States Congress in 1862, allowed enslaved men to fight for their country during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the United States Colored Troops, made up ...

Franklin County residents and the local branch NAACP unveiled a monument Sunday to 70 Black men from the county who fought ...

A new monument honoring 70 Black men from Franklin County who served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War was ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Juneteenth ceremony will honor 52 Black veterans of the Civil War buried at North Burial Ground in Providence, RI. The Juneteenth Project partners with the city cemetery to highlight the veterans' ...

The U.S. Colored Troops were a regiment of mostly Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. More than 200,000 men are listed as a part of the regiment at the National Archives.

It takes its name not from the percussion instrument, but from Lt. Col. Richard Coulter Drum, the Adjutant General based in ...

The city of Beaufort is developing six acres of prime property along Battery Creek into a park to honor the unsung story of a remarkable group of Civil War soldiers known as the 1st South Carolina ...

Life Scout Josh Bourbon led a group of volunteers to clean and restore the gravesites of Civil War veterans in West Dundee, ...

How to get involved The George A. Cribbs Camp 276 meets at noon on the first Saturday of each month at St. John's Harrold Reformed United Church of Christ, located at 103 St. John's Church Road in ...