Smithsonian Magazine15d
After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
Explore the lives of little-known changemakers who left their mark on the country During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery.
Military.com9d
How Women Enlisted as Men to Fight in the Civil War
American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...
The Washington Informer8d
Bill to Honor Civil War’s Black Soldiers Reintroduced, Coinciding with Black History Month
The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...
WDRB28d
Black Civil War soldiers massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky, remembered 160 years later
(WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers ... who joined the Union Army during the Civil War—was ambushed by Confederate guerrillas.
The Beaumont Enterprise28d
For 150 years, Black journalists have known what Confederate monuments really stood for
Defenders of Confederate monuments have argued ... But since the end of the Civil War, journalists at Black newspapers have told a different story. Despite meager financing and constant threats ...
Harriet Tubman led Civil War military raids as well as her better-known slave rescues
While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...