ALLEGAN, Mich. — Six local soldiers of the Civil War were honored with gravestones in Allegan on Saturday. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Friends of Allegan’s Oakwood ...

told The Free Lance–Star there are no records showing that any Civil War soldiers’ remains were buried there in the Rowe backyard. But that doesn’t mean that none were, he said.

Among Carter's goodies were identification discs, which looked like large coins. During the Civil War, soldiers often relied on homemade or commercially produced identification discs to prevent ...

2025 0 A new memorial plaque at the Kennard African American Cultural Heritage Center in Centreville recognizes approximately 435 Black soldiers from Queen Anne’s County who fought for the Union ...

The cemetery is the final resting place for over 200 Civil War soldiers, and this ceremony will acknowledge their service and sacrifice. “We are proud to honor these veterans and commemorate the ...

Leverett Holden, Avon, CT resident and 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment soldier. AVON ... Leverett Holden, Avon resident and Civil War veteran of the 29th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, Colored.

Several other Black soldiers were awarded the medal during or soon after the Civil War for valor, while Carney’s came in 1900. But his actions at Fort Wagner are the earliest by a Black soldier ...

Spoken-word poets in Cameroon are using their art form to help communities cope with traumas left by the ongoing civil war BUEA ... 2021 attack in which a soldier killed 5-year-old schoolgirl ...

“The day you die, people will cry,” the 24-year-old told hundreds of audience members in an embattled part of southwest Cameroon. “But this won’t stop the clock from ticking or the flowers ...

A weapon believed to be from the Civil War was dropped off at a hazardous waste site in Michigan, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A small, spherical item dropped off at a hazardous waste ...