A century after serving in the 39th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, two soldiers are to receive veteran headstones.

Friends of Shiloh AME Church and Cemetery (FoS) held a poignant ceremony last weekend, recreating a 160-year-old tradition to ...

Jacksonville lost several men in World War I, and their stories and sacrifices are remembered through local cemeteries and family histories.

Jefferson Davis was the U.S. Secretary of War who betrayed his country to become the first and only president of the ...

Thousands of black soldiers served in 400 battles for the Union Army during the Civil War, including 17 in Florida. But when the 2nd Infantry Regiment U.S. Colored Troops Living History Program is ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War ... like bullets or belt buckles and terrestrial ...

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Florida was the third state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. Around 15,000 Floridians fought in the Civil War, representing the highest percentage of any Confederate state.

The city of Beaufort is developing six acres of prime property along Battery Creek into a park to honor the unsung story of a remarkable group of Civil War soldiers known as the 1st South Carolina ...

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 ...

“He is among the last soldiers to die in the Civil War,” Kraus said, and in fact, his unit claimed he was the final one. • Jacob Soles (1845-1936) of North Versailles was serving in ...

Whatever it was, it’s now a National Historic Landmark surrounded by skyscrapers – a perfect metaphor for Florida’s blend of ancient mystery and modern madness. 7. Fort Clinch State Park (Fernandina ...