They reminded the nation how heroic African Americans could be. Read More: What America Owes Black Veterans of World War II These warriors came to embody Black Civil War service, if not African ...
"It's amazing that they were still there and we found them," said Tom Keating, coordinator for the Missing In America Project. "These people have been waiting a long time for a burial." ...
From the end of the Civil War in 1865 until 1923, seven of the 12 elected U.S. presidents were born in Ohio — Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley ...
Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his ...
The post-Civil War era was brought to life Saturday by actors portraying Grand Army of the Republic members. Union soldiers ...
Private Wills served his country, though not in this century, or the last. He died in 1889. He was originally laid to rest in ...
He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...
On Tuesday, Nov.12, Lafayette Parish School history teacher Jason Muller will unveil a new historical marker commemorating a ...
The remains of 28 Civil War veterans and many of their wives are receiving burial services across the country. As first ...
Walter Tolbert’s keepsakes from the war came to the Danville Historical Society by chance. They’re some of the only items the ...
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