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, ...

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, ...

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

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

Military reserve forces in the Middle East make up an important component of any army within the region. These units provide additional manpower and capabilities to regular military forces, should the ...