In the last months of his life, serious doubts were raised about the alleged soldier's age and the claim that he fought in ...

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans ... 7,000 veterans and has buried over 6,800 soldiers. The task of piecing together Johnson's life story was left to Amelia Boivin, the ...

Born in 1832 or 1833 to a white plantation owner and an enslaved Black woman, Lewis came to New Orleans from Mississippi ...

Created after the Civil War, the Army’s all-Black ... At a recent celebration of Mr. Dixon’s life, Aundrea Matthews, the granddaughter of a Buffalo Soldier who serves as president of the ...

The Civil War between the United States and the Confederacy was fought over the issue of enslavement. Slavery was the ...

Many soldiers were wounded in combat, often at major battles such as Stones River and Gettysburg, but survived until long after the Civil War’s conclusion. An estimated 620,000 soldiers died ...

Dozens of Syrian government troops have been filmed surrendering to rebels after they were abandoned by their comrades at a ...

They objected to life-threatening labor in the ranks following ... The Emancipation of Black Soldiers in Civil War Camps, Courts, and Prisons (Oxford University Press, 2024).

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LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. — Citizens Advocating Memorial Preservation (CAMP) will present Meet a Civil War Soldier from 2 to 4 p.m. on Veterans Day at the Cattaraugus County Civil War Memorial, 302 ...

Civil War reenactors participate in funeral services Oct. 16 for the burial of Union soldier Byron R ... The task of piecing together Johnson’s life story was left to Amelia Boivin, the ...