Lawrence Journal-World

Descendants of Civil War veterans clean Union soldiers’ headstones at Lawrence’s Pioneer Cemetery

Members of Lawrence's branch of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War clean the headstones of Union soldiers on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Pioneer Cemetery. Members of the Sons of Union ...
WDRB

Black Civil War soldiers massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky, remembered 160 years later

SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky. A snow-covered stretch of Highway ...
WVEC

Black Civil War soldiers remembered with new markers in Chesapeake, donated by Sheriff's Office

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office donated two new cemetery markers at the Unknown & Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial. "They had to fight for the right, to fight for the ...
The Providence Journal

Black soldiers helped save the Union during the Civil War. They will be honored June 21.

A Juneteenth ceremony will honor 52 Black veterans of the Civil War buried at North Burial Ground in Providence, RI. The Juneteenth Project partners with the city cemetery to highlight the veterans' ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Little Rock museum dedicates historical marker to Black soldiers who fought for Union in Civil War

A historical marker commemorating Black soldiers who fought for the Union in Arkansas during the Civil War was dedicated Saturday in the presence of several descendants of Union fighters at the ...
Archaeology

Mass Grave of Slaughtered Black Civil War Soldiers Possibly Located

SIMPSONVILLE, KENTUCKY—Live Science reports that archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a forgotten and grim event of the Civil War. On January 25, 1865, a company of Black Union Soldiers ...
WHAS11 News

No remains found as search for lost Black Union soldiers pauses in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Archaeologists were on site of a historical dig on Monday to locate the grave of a lost Civil War infantry. A company of Black Union soldiers from the United States Colored Calvary ...
WKRG

Enslaved Union Army volunteers now getting their recognition

Louisiana provided over 24,000 soldiers of color to fight for the Union during the Civil War, more than any other state, and ...

Union Soldier's 1861 Springfield Rifle Finds A Home At New England Civil War Museum

The family of a Civil War soldier has entrusted the New England Civil War Meseum with a cherished heirloom.
TribLIVE.com

Westmoreland veterans organization seeks descendants of Civil War soldier for Memorial Day ceremony

How to get involved The George A. Cribbs Camp 276 meets at noon on the first Saturday of each month at St. John's Harrold Reformed United Church of Christ, located at 103 St. John's Church Road in ...
WLTX19

The remains of 28 Civil War soldiers were found in a funeral home's storage. They've now been laid to rest.

SEATTLE — For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple copper and ...
CNN

Remains of nearly 30 Civil War veterans found in a funeral home’s storage are laid to rest

For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple copper and cardboard ...