More and more projects across Kentucky are uncovering Black history through historical documents, then putting them online ...

THE Last Civil War Volunteers: The 125th U.S. Colored Infantry in New Mexico, 1866–1867 This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. William A. Dobak, Freedom by the Sword: The U.S.

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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 ...

Robert Donaldson was born Oct. 13, 1828, in Perry County, Ohio. He was the son of Thomas Donaldson and Nancy Saffer Donaldson. Both natives of Virginia, Thomas and Nancy immigrated to Ohio in 1823 ...

The United States Colored Troops played a role in the history of Fort Fisher from the Civil War to World War II.

Positioned to block Confederate efforts to resupply Petersburg, Virginia with men and material, soldiers from the 4th and 6th U.S. Colored Infantry joined white soldiers in an attack on ...

A veteran of the renowned 102nd United States Colored Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, George Washington Groomer settled in Rockford after the war, raising a family and working as a laborer.

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 ...

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 ...