The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the ... where starvation and disease led to a high death rate. Northern citizens, black and white alike, stepped in to fill the gap.

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 ...

from the end of the Civil War onwards. There's sporadic local violence in 1865-65: contract disputes, disputes over etiquette. A black guy doesn't tip his hat to a white and suddenly people are ...

The Confederate South fought under the banner of white racial superiority and the ... a club over everyone and everything.” So, the Civil War is here again. What kind of country would you ...

“There is not a white officer in this regiment ... who would eventually serve during the Civil War. William Bronson may have been the first black soldier to fight for the Union in the Civil ...

But what separates the Battle of Black Jack from others is it was the first armed skirmish between pro- and anti-slavery forces and lit the fuse on what would become the Civil War. Much has been ...

A series of advances by the Sudanese military has led some observers to posit that the African nation’s yearslong civil war could be at ... of the Blue and White Nile rivers.