The museum recently held its grand reopening in Washington’s historic U Street Corridor.

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, specifically called upon freed slaves to enlist in the Union cause.

The African American Civil War Museum reopens with 200 new artifacts and expanded exhibits honoring Black soldiers.

When the U.S. military decided to assign three African American engineering regiments to the Alaska Highway project, it ...

The African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C. reopened its doors on September 30 after a multiyear renovation and ...

The U.S. Colored Troops were among the first to arrive in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation—yet their story has long been overlooked. Black soldiers fought for their own freedom in the ...

GREENE COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - One Greene County family gathered on Memorial Day to remember three of their ancestors who fought for the Union in the American Civil War. St. Mary’s Freewill Baptist ...

Re “Don’t Call It the ‘Civil War,’” by Anthony Conwright (Opinion guest essay, Aug. 2): The American Civil War has been given many names: the Civil War, the War Between the States, the War of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Asthebright sun shone down on the 209,145 names of the soldiers and officers inscribed on the African American Civil War Memorial ...