Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...

Retired 1st Sgt. Mark Matthews was a soldier who saw the U.S. Army evolve from horse-mounted cavalry to diesel-driven, ...

Litchfield’s G.A.R. Hall holds a special place in my heart. For about three years, while I was writing my two Terry Tales books, it was my second home. It was in the G.A.R. that I ...

The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were forced to flee, but soon found themselves cut off ...

While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...

Americans have celebrated Black History Month each February. This week, explore the history of Ripon’s early African-American ...

In the American Civil war there were units on both sides which had uniforms heavily influenced by their individual heritage, ...

It’s too soon to discuss setting up new military bases in Syria, Ankara says but assured concrete steps are underway to help ...

Kansas is looking for a leader to help make a long-delayed mural honoring Black Civil War soldiers a reality at the Statehouse.