The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...

The City of Beaufort is working on designs for a new park to honor the first black civil war soldiers who fought on the ...

Historians describe the debate over extending civil ... black codes themselves offended many white Northerners, because it seemed like that the very cause for which they had just fought the war ...

Among the obscured pages are cemetery guides focused on Black soldiers, women’s military service and Civil War veterans. Some of the materials were still online Friday, but they were no longer ...