Vicksburg National Military Park Chief of Interpretation Brendan Wilson, left, conducts a ceremony of remembrance with two Civil War reenactors and Thelma Sims Dukes, center, and her niece Sara Sims ...

The gear carried by American soldiers in WWII looks nothing like what their Civil War ancestors hauled into battle — yet some ...

When the Civil War erupted in 1861, no one on Long Island had a more personal stake in the outcome than its Black residents. Although free, they were keenly aware of the impact of slavery. Most were ...

Leon Bibb explores the Civil War memorial in Public Square, where nearly 9,000 Cuyahoga County veterans are honored in stone.

The Inland Empire Civil War Round Table will host two programs in February, a virtual program Feb. 19 on African American soldiers’ contributions in the Civil War, and an in-person presentation by ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Nearly 180,000 African American men fought for the Union in the Civil War. A new exhibit called “The United States Colored Troops” at the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research ...

SEATTLE — For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple copper and ...

Another veteran of the American Civil War who died in obscurity in England is finally receiving recognition of his service.

Six local soldiers of the Civil War were honored with gravestones in Allegan on Saturday. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Friends of Allegan’s Oakwood Cemetery gathered to dedicate ...

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 through ...

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 Vicksburg ...