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Bill to Honor Civil War’s Black Soldiers Reintroduced, Coinciding with Black History Month
The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...
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Bill Introduced To Honor 200,000 Black Union Soldiers With Gold Medal
A new bill aims to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the African Americans who fought for the Union ... before the Civil War, there was initial resistance to recruiting them as soldiers ...
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Westmoreland veterans organization seeks descendants of Civil War soldier for Memorial Day ceremony
Now, Bray aims to track down descendants of John E. Wiegel — the last Union Civil War veteran to be buried in Westmoreland County — for a Memorial Day ceremony. Civil War veterans group Bray ...
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Black Civil War soldiers massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky, remembered 160 years later
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky. A snow-covered stretch of ...
What was Charleston like at the end of the Civil War?
One can hardly imagine what the night of Feb. 17, 1865, must have been like in Charleston. Hours before surrendering to Union ...
Smithsonian Magazine6h
The Railroad Workers Behind the Civil Rights Movement
Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum Features Buffalo Soldier Who Sparked Civil Rights Movements in the City
The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum (CSPM) has a black exhibition featuring black figures, including Charles Banks, a ...
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In Camden's historic Butler Cemetery, a pastor honors lives and legacies of Black Civil War soldiers
At the corner of Charles Street and Ferry Avenue in Camden, a New Jersey pastor has made it his mission to honor the Black Civil War soldiers buried in Butler Cemetery.
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Honoring Black Civil War soldiers buried in Camden's historic Butler Cemetery
Dempsey Daniel Butler arrived in Camden, New Jersey, in the 1840s. An abolitionist and ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, Butler opened a general store in the city. Through his business ...
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In Camden's historic Butler Cemetery, a pastor honors lives and legacies of Black Civil War soldiers
The private cemetery is the final resting place for eight Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. "They were men who were colored troops who couldn't be buried in White ...
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Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
But this week, President Donald Trump accused soldiers like them ... of women who fought in the Civil War. Blanton said estimates range from about 400 on the Union side to about 250 on the ...
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Sudan scene of world’s worst humanitarian crisis: African Union
The civil war in Sudan has created the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”, the African Union has warned ... forced recruitment of child soldiers, and the denial of humanitarian access ...