They added markers on the graves of the eight Black Civil War veterans buried there, replaced the stolen monument with a new one outside the cemetery gates and routinely switch out the American ...
The exhibit is open now and spotlights the vital role Black soldiers played in the Civil War. It features Lincoln-era photographs, letters, documents, and art. “With this exhibi ...
The exhibit is open now and spotlights the vital role Black soldiers played in the Civil War. It features Lincoln-era photographs, letters, documents, and art. “With this exhibit, we hope to ...
Only one copy of a single issue still exists. In fact, one of the only things known about the Messenger is that in 1921, the white-dominated Charlottesville Daily Progress reprinted a Messenger ...
A groundbreaking tribute celebrating the courage and sacrifice of 70 Black Union soldiers will ... fundamentally reshaping local understanding of Civil War history. The 7-foot bronze statue ...
A monument honoring 70 Black Union soldiers who fought for the U.S. in the Civil War will be unveiled at the historic First Baptist Church in downtown Rocky Mount, Virginia. Cardinal News reports ...
Anomalous because, in reality, they had already fought in the Civil War, with the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment ... An earlier General Staff proposal to integrate Black soldiers at a ...
Gen. Rufus Saxton wrote that he bore “witness to the value of her services… She was employed in the Hospitals and as a spy [and] made many a raid inside the enemy’s lines displaying remarkable courage ...