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Black’s book on Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River raid, launched from Beaufort in June 1863, earned a Pulitzer Prize in ...
New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...
An escaped slave, Garland White was born in Hanover and served as chaplain in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War.
PLYMOUTH, N.C. (WITN) - A ceremony and ribbon cutting were held in Plymouth to remember the black soldiers who fought during the Civil War. On display at the memorial is a photo that was taken in ...
In a first-of-its-kind ceremony in Westmoreland County Monday, dozens honored the final Union Civil War veteran buried in the county, John E. Weigel.
Separated from other gravestones, these Black Civil War heroes were almost forgotten. Every Memorial Day, the twelve soldiers are remembered and celebrated.