During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die ...

Fort Concho will celebrate Buffalo Soldier Heritage Day from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday as part of Black History Month. ...

Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the ...

Just weeks before Charleston fell 160 years ago today, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. And now, in the very city that had championed the cause of bondage, formerly ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

Did you know that Confederate Missouri leaders actually moved to Shreveport and then Marshall, Texas, to establish the ...

BRUNSWICK, Ohio -- A group of us from around Medina County have been working on finding the stories of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Medina County. The effort is part of the preparation for ...

In the summer of 1863, however, Confederate soldiers bound for Gettysburg captured Lyles and her children. Two years later, with the Civil War at an end and slavery on the verge of being ...

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 ...

According to the official roster of the units from Ohio, this unit saw action in Missouri, Mississippi ... National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War site. On the government ...