The colored regiment which is being raised in this City, under the auspices of the Union League Club, has already over 500 men in camp at Riker's Island. This regiment is to belong to the regular ...

DEAR SIR: The letter referred by you to me from "H. BARNS, Colonel First Michigan Colored regiment," requesting Your aid to "Capt. W.A. McCLEVELAND" in his recruiting mission to Kentucky for the ...

Fuller and Larry Harris, also of Philadelphia, wear Civil War garb to portray the Union’s 3rd Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops. Complete coverage from The National Mall, from the early risers to ...

The Civil War ended in 1865, exactly 160 years ago. While the societal topic of race and the war’s deeply rooted issues still linger in the modern world in new ways, the bloodshed of battles that were ...

When it comes to Blacks in the military, you’ve heard the story of the Buffalo Soldiers and the Tuskegee Airmen but have you heard of the 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, based right ...

The mural would tell the story of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which was originally formed as a state militia — not a federal unit — in August 1862. The 1 st Kansas ...

Kansas City Democratic state Rep. Valdenia Winn, left, said a subcommittee of the Kansas Legislature will recommend placement of a mural honoring Black soldiers from Kansas who fought with the ...