Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...

He began by transcribing the handwriting. Literacy rates were high on both sides during the Civil War—about 90 percent for Union soldiers, above 80 percent for Confederates. Still, many enlisted ...

Charles H. Walker's family is committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through ...

With nothing planned at Locust Hill African Cemetery for the 160th anniversary of the end to the Civil War, not that such a ...

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 ...

Mercer County Cemetery, the final resting place of nearly 200 Civil War veterans, hosted commemoration services for the 160th ...

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 ...

After the Civil War, Arkansas veterans returned home and attempted to revert to civilian life. During the immediate postwar ...