Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...
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The Colored Men and the War.; AN ADDRESS FROM FRED. DOUGLASS.
To fight for the Government in this tremendous war is, then, to fight for nationality ... Do not flatter yourselves that the colored troops of the South can do our work. They cannot do it ...
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Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and Battery Creek.
Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie ‘Glory’ erased from Pentagon website
Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him ...
Defense Department wipes ‘Glory’ Civil War hero from website
The Defense Department efforts to purge DEI content from its website led to the deletion of a page about Black Civil War hero ...
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Smoke and memory: A Civil War painting endures in Minnesota’s Capitol
At the Minnesota State Capitol, Howard Pyle’s Civil War painting “The Battle of Nashville” stands as a vivid tribute to ...
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Civil War Veteran Reburied with Honors at Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery
Nicholas Waters, who served in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War, was originally buried in Tyaskin in 1911. However, his family recently had his remains relocated to ...
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Civil War Veteran Reburied with Honors at Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery
A Union soldier from the Civil War was laid to rest once more in what his family says is his rightful home among fellow veterans. Nicholas Waters, who served in the United States Colored Troops ...