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The True Story Of John Clem, The 12-Year-Old Boy Who Became A Civil War Officer
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight for the Union Army as the Civil War broke out between the ...
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Kansas legislators will try again at reauthorizing mural of Black soldiers in Civil War
The 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment was the first unit of Black soldiers in the Civil War and has long been the subject of a proposed Statehouse mural. "This law regiment is often ...
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Will the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry mural come to the Statehouse after 22-year delay?
commemorating and publicizing the notoriety of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment," said Herschel Stroud, a retired Topeka dentist and Civil War reenactor who serves on the ...
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EDITORIAL: Give glory to 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment
one of the earliest infantry units of Black soldiers during the Civil War. The real honor belongs to the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, with many ties to our area. Earlier this week ...
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This White officer led Black troops during the Civil War. 110 years after his death, he was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
Hart had to fear during the Civil War. As a White Army officer leading ... following a stirring service involving the Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, which is also known as the Old Guard that ...