In September 1863, the Battle of Chickamauga became one of the bloodiest encounters of the American Civil War, ending in a devastating Union defeat and leaving more than 35,000 men dead or wounded.

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Sarah Emma Edmonds disguised herself as a man to join the 2nd Michigan Infantry's Company F, known as the Flint Union Greys.

A new bill aims to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the African Americans who fought for the Union in the Civil War. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) are ...

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 ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who served our country are not forgotten. More than ...

During the American Civil War, tens of thousands of soldiers used a simple envelope to cast their ballot from the battlefield ...

A book by Sunbury native John P. Deeben features an anthology of soldier letters written specifically for publication in two local Northumberland County newspapers. Volumes One and Two of “Well and ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office donated two new cemetery markers at the Unknown & Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial. "They had to fight for the right, to fight for the ...

ARLINGTON, Va. -- When Paul Davis heard earlier this year that the complete remains of two Civil War soldiers had been uncovered recently at Manassas National Battlefield, mixed among severed limbs in ...

A Juneteenth ceremony will honor 52 Black veterans of the Civil War buried at North Burial Ground in Providence, RI. The Juneteenth Project partners with the city cemetery to highlight the veterans' ...

Explore the rich history of Florida's Civil War forts, from the first shots fired at Fort Pickens to the prison where Dr.