New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...

In 1865, Black troops were the first Union soldiers to seize Richmond, Va., from the Confederates, leading to the eventual Union victory. Black women, including Harriet Tubman , worked for Union ...

He had won his freedom by the time the Civil War began in 1861. When the Union Army began forming all-Black regiments in 1863, Beaty was eager to join. He became a first sergeant in the 5th U.S ...

More than 17,000 of them fought for the Union in the Civil War, including more than 5,500 Black soldiers, designated by the U.S. War Department in 1863 as United States Colored Troops.

But come Monday, five Black soldiers from Cumberland County who died in the Civil War while serving with the Union Army’s U.S. Colored Troops will have their names added to the rolls of a ...