Mercer County Cemetery, the final resting place of nearly 200 Civil War veterans, hosted commemoration services for the 160th ...

Two years into the Civil War ... soldiers and nearly breaking through the line before being forced to retreat. The bravery of many African American soldiers was anchored in a deep faith in God ...

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 ...

After the Civil War, 18 veterans of the United ... s offer of $300 per man to let them go.) After the war ended in 1865, eighteen black soldiers returned to Talbot County—including Charles ...

Two years into the Civil War ... soldiers and nearly breaking through the line before being forced to retreat. The bravery of many African American soldiers was anchored in a deep faith in God ...