Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...
How the Union took to the skies in the Civil War
The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...
Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and ...
Hispanic, veterans' groups to remember Glorieta Pass Saturday at Soldiers' Monument
For the fourth year in the row, local Hispanic and veterans organizations will come together to host a commemoration of the Battle of Glorieta Pass. The event will mark the 163rd anniversary of the ...
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Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
The First South Carolina Volunteers, the first regiment of Black soldiers to fight for the Union in the Civil War, was formed in May 1862 in Beaufort. Courtesy Mitchell first heard the story at a ...
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Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
These soldiers, part of the United States Colored Troops, made up one-tenth of the fighting forces for the Union Army. Now, 160 years later, 70 Black Union military members who fought in the Civil ...