Bill Introduced To Honor 200,000 Black Union Soldiers With Gold Medal
There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...
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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 ...
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Black Civil War soldier finally gets proper military burial — after star NYC journo family spends 15 years tracking down unmarked grave
It took 150 years for this veteran to finally get the respect he deserves. Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his great-great-great ...
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ACPL honors Black Civil War soldiers with new exhibit
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 ...
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'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil War America
She is Regents Professor of History at the University of Montana, where she is affiliated with Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and African-American ... as Soldiers in Civil War America ...
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Black Civil War soldiers massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky, remembered 160 years later
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky. A snow-covered stretch of ...
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In Camden's historic Butler Cemetery, a pastor honors lives and legacies of Black Civil War soldiers
The private cemetery is the final resting place for eight Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. "They were men who were colored troops who couldn't be buried in White ...