Dempsey Daniel Butler arrived in Camden, New Jersey, in the 1840s. An abolitionist and ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, Butler opened a general store in the city. Through his business ...
The private cemetery is the final resting place for eight Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. "They were men who were colored troops who couldn't be buried in White ...
Here’s what really happened at Cold Harbor. By then, the Civil War was more than three years old, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians had died on its battlefronts. After years of ...