Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...
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'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil War America
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Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
The Militia Act, passed by the United States Congress in 1862, allowed enslaved men to fight for their country during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the United States Colored Troops ...