WarsofTheWorld on MSN

Battle That Decided the American Civil War

This narrative explores the Battle of Gettysburg as one of history’s defining turning points, tracing the conflict from the strategic movements that preceded it to the brutal, chaotic fighting across ...
AFRO American Newspapers

Civil War Museum honors Black troops; official reopening remains uncertain

The African American Civil War Memorial Museum (AACWM) held its annual Reading of the Names on Nov. 11, honoring more than 200,000 United States Colored Troops. While the event marked a major moment ...
WSKG

Civil War general becomes first Native American posthumously admitted as a lawyer in the US

In the 1840s, Parker was denied admission to the New York State bar, despite meeting all the requirements and training to ...

African American Civil War soldier honored with trail head in Oak Ridge

Elijah Wood was an enslaved soldier who fought for the Union in the Civil War and served in the first United States Colored ...
WPBN

Native American Civil War soldiers await overdue recognition amid Michigan House gridlock

A bill to dedicate a stretch of M-22 in Peshawbestown to Native American volunteer Civil War soldiers of Company K remai ...
Jacksonville Journal-Courier on MSN

Another View: Recalling America’s pre-Civil War struggle with slavery

On Nov. 19, 1863, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, ...