Private Shadrach Battles was one of at least 5,000 black soldiers who served in the war. Highway marker OK'd for local African American Revolutionary War soldier Skip to main content Skip to main ...

Since its official establishment, June 14, 1775 — more than a year before the Declaration of Independence — the U.S. Army has played a vital role in the growth and development of the American ...

At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions ...

The state of Kentucky introduced an African American Heritage Trail today, offering visitors nearly 50 primary sites and several additional locations that bring centuries of Black history to life.

As the nation prepares to celebrate Juneteenth, the legacy of thousands of Black Civil War soldiers who trained in Montgomery County will never be forgotten.

A new Civil War trail sign has been installed in Plymouth to honor African-American soldiers who served in the Civil War. The dedication ceremony, held on Saturday, featured re-enactors from Tryon ...

Back in the Mexican-American War, from 1846 to 1848, the brass buttons on soldiers' uniforms resembled flour dumplings or dough cakes, known as "doughboys," according to references cited on Wikipedia.

Paul Schwimmer waved arms from the side of Pratt Road just as a reporter was pulling away from a tour of Popkin Cemetery in Scio Township. After searching for buried pieces of historic gravestones, ...

The DIA’s collection of African American art includes approximately 700 works by noted artists Robert Seldon Duncanson, Richmond Barthe, Elizabeth Catlett, Edward Clark, Mavis Pusey, and more.

From 1878 to 1901, two all-Black U.S. Army regiments played a positive role in helping keep the peace in the Beehive State.

Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the community marks Juneteenth.

Four Confederate soldier skeletons from the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg were found at Colonial Williamsburg, with archaeologists working to identify the remains.