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 ...

Gen. Joseph Hooker was one of the more colorful and complicated Union generals of the Civil War. He fought in several ...

In January 1865, not long after his march had reached the sea, General William Tecumseh Sherman held a remarkable meeting in Savannah, Georgia. Along with Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Sherman ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — This month, we’re celebrating Harriet Tubman’s historic legacy as part of Black History Month. Her courageous escape from slavery and her versatile service in the Union Army during the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - August 14, 1861. Abraham Lincoln orders Union reinforcements sent to Missouri after a Confederate victory at the Battle of Wilson Creek. The Show-Me State was important to ...

Union troops and pro-Southern rioters clash on Olive Street near Garrison Avenue on May 10, 1861, shortly after the state militia surrendered to Capt. Nathaniel Lyon's Union forces. Seven soldiers ...

Four men were stuck in a tree. They had just narrowly survived a flight across Lake Erie at a speed of approximately 90 miles per hour. Realizing they were all still alive, John Wise looked at his ...