Members of the Berlin Equity Action Team, are lobbying to have several Black residents who fought and died in the Civil War, ...
There was no plan for the dead during the American Civil War. Mass graves or leaving them where they fell would only go so far. Discover the heartbreaking fate of the fallen soldiers of the Civil War, ...
Dan Mason in 1864 Credit: Courtesy of Glover Historical Society On a 2007 outing to the Northeast Kingdom, Tyler Alexander stopped by the Westlook Cemetery in Glover to visit his grandfather’s grave.
At first glance, there was nothing unusual about Pvt. Lyons Wakeman. The service record in the National Archives is similar to countless other Civil War soldiers. Coloring: Fair complected with brown ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A newly restored historical marker honoring the role Black soldiers played during the Battle of Nashville was unveiled on Wednesday. The Battle of Nashville marker again ...
A rendering of Pennsylvania soldiers voting by artist William Waud was published in Harper’s Weekly, Oct. 29, 1864. (Library of Congress) “We cannot have free government without elections,” President ...
LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich. — A stretch of M-22 in Leelanau County could soon bear a new sign honoring the patriotism and sacrifice of Michigan's Company K, a group of Native American soldiers who served ...
NEW HOPE, Minn. — If life were fair, children would be spared from the worst battles. But life is not. “He was three years old," Justine Zirbes says, "and he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic ...
The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth Thursday with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago to tell the last ...
As the nation prepares to celebrate Juneteenth, the legacy of thousands of Black Civil War soldiers who once trained in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, will never be forgotten, thanks to the Camp ...