Approximately 1,500 Shelby County men fought in the Civil War. Tuesday night, in light of America’s celebration for those who ...
In the last months of his life, serious doubts were raised about the alleged soldier's age and the claim that he fought in ...
The celebrated Underground Railroad conductor received posthumous recognition for her service as a spy, scout, nurse and cook ...
“After looking at maps of the Civil War, after looking at property records, it was determined this was the area of Alfred Mouton,” Muller said. The site, once part of Gen. Alfred Mouton’s plantation, ...
A governor, generals and scores of veterans were on hand to see Harriet Tubman posthumously became a one-star, brigadier ...
U.S. military veterans, all of whom were Black, were buried in unmarked graves at St. Louis Cemetery on Barret Avenue.
Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his ...
Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...