'They chose to serve': United States Colored Troops members honored at City Cemetery
WILKES-BARRE — City Cemetery was the site of a wreath-laying ceremony on Thursday afternoon, during which local United States ...
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African Americans in the Civil War
Heaviest hit was the 9th Louisiana Infantry. Almost 45 percent of ... at Saltville on October 2 were soldiers of the 5th United States Colored Cavalry. Fighting with white soldiers from the ...
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Talbot County’s United States Colored Troops fought with valor and honor
it allowed African Americans throughout the nation to serve in the Union Army as part of the United States Colored Troops. This gave Black Americans the opportunity to fight not only for their ...
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women ...