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Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...
Two years into the Civil War, black soldiers prepared for battle ... fought alongside white troops from the 10th Illinois Cavalry and the 23rd Iowa Infantry. The most seasoned of the black ...
The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...
After the Civil War, 18 veterans of the United ... The presence, after the war, of a free, black settlement, named for the hated Union, made a dramatic claim to equality and liberty.
Steffon Jones, a Youngstown historian and Civil War reenactor ... Indians who fought against the soldiers referred to the black cavalry troops as “Buffalo Soldiers” because of their dark ...
Fact based story about the all-black US Cavalry Troop H which protected the Western territories in post Civil War times. The story focuses on the troops attempts to capture an Apache warrior named ...
Two years into the Civil War, black soldiers prepared for battle ... fought alongside white troops from the 10th Illinois Cavalry and the 23rd Iowa Infantry. The most seasoned of the black ...