Harriet Tubman, famed for her role in the Underground Railroad, is posthumously honored as a brigadier general by Maryland's ...

In addition to her work leading slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad, Tubman headed reconnaissance parties and ...

African American soldiers and white officers from across the North comprised the celebrated Massachusetts 54th Regiment. Like most African American units, the 54th was led by a white man ...

Guthrie said the Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial exhibit commemorates Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th, one of the first Civil War regiments of African Americans enlisted in the North.

From parades to somber remembrance ceremonies, people across the region came together to honor those who served.

Despite the danger around him, Sgt. William H. Carney of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment survived, holding ...

The University of Wisconsin Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies hosted Halls Visiting Scholar Emily ...

This painting depicts the 54th Massachusetts Regiment storming Fort Wagner during the Civil War. Click the image to learn more about the "Fighting 54th". Black Americans have left an indelible ...

"The Sarah Sands was a steamer which caught fire while taking the 54th Regiment (now part of the Devon and Dorsets) to India during the Mutiny in 1857. According to the account by Rudyard Kipling ...

Civil War historian Brian Pohanka and I joined with veteran Civil War re-enactor Jack Thompson to recruit men to portray the famous 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the motion picture, Glory, and for ...

African American soldiers and white officers from across the North comprised the celebrated Massachusetts 54th Regiment. Like most African American units, the 54th was led by a white man ...