VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school ...

Strategically located on the Mississippi River, ... March 1864, a month that saw three major Civil War battles with more than 100,000 engaged forces, ...

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.

The Battle of Fort Myers was unique in its geographical locale. It was the southernmost battle east of the Mississippi River. The fort was garrisoned by an estimated 300 men from the 2nd Florida ...

The U.S. has fought wars ever since its founding – since before its founding, really, since it took a war for us to win our independence from Britain and establish the nation in the first place.

Teen angst during Civil War battles. By Curt Brown. The Minnesota Star Tribune. June 11, 2024 at 9:48PM. ... During a Mississippi River flood, Billy and Mary were lauded for the "kindly, ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through ...

LEAKESVILLE, Miss. – A Civil War battle will be remembered in Greene County for its 158th anniversary on Dec. 10.Part of Davidson’s Raid, nearly two dozen soldiers died at the Battle of McLeod ...

A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black history. Recent ceremonies honored the memory of 18 Black soldiers and two white officers who fought for the Union ...