Curiously, before the war Charles Kochersperger ran a private mail service in Philadelphia, Blood’s Penny Post ... sides during the Civil War—about 90 percent for Union soldiers, above ...

These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops, made up one-tenth of the fighting forces for the Union Army. Now, 160 years later, 70 Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War from ...

After the Civil War, Arkansas veterans returned home and attempted to revert to civilian life. During the immediate postwar ...

The First South Carolina Volunteers, the first regiment of Black soldiers to fight for the Union in the Civil War, was formed in May 1862 in Beaufort. Courtesy Mitchell first heard the story at a ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

When soldiers kill Cookie, Charley is left alone to cope with the “freedom” that has been forced upon her. The Civil War has technically liberated thousands of black slaves. At the same time ...

April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the ...

The city of Beaufort is developing six acres of prime property along Battery Creek into a park to honor the unsung story of a remarkable group of Civil War soldiers known as the 1st South Carolina ...