The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the ... and in May 1863 the War Department established the Bureau of Colored Troops. Black recruiters, many of them abolitionists such as Frederick ...

A groundbreaking tribute celebrating the sacrifice of 70 Black Union soldiers will soon grace the heart of Downtown Rocky ...

New Market Heights is just a small part of the history of black soldiers’ valor during America’s wars, but no Civil War battle has a more compelling claim to a place in that history.

BUTLER has issued an important order providing for the enlistment of colored troops and the care of their ... the result of the war -- freedom for himself and his race forever.

Long famed, the Buffalo Soldiers were African-American troops whose regiments were the first comprised solely of all-black ...

A monument honoring 70 Black Union soldiers who fought for the U.S. in the Civil War will be unveiled in downtown Rocky Mount ...

Two years into the Civil War, black soldiers prepared for ... soldiers from the 4th and 6th U.S. Colored Infantry joined white soldiers in an attack on Confederate fortifications at Chaffin's ...

The project includes community events and collaborations with the goal of exploring the story of the United States Colored Troops and life for African Americans during and after the Civil War and ...

Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given ... who escaped slavery to join the United States Colored Troops in 1863. This Veteran’s Day, he’ll be honored for the first ...

The once enslaved man who had run away to fight in the Civil War in the U.S. Colored Troops and earn his freedom was forgotten and left to rot in an unmarked grave. Forgotten, that is ...