The United States Colored Troops played a role in the history of Fort Fisher from the Civil War to World War II.

Success against the rebels’ fortress, which had never been touched in four years of war, would be a knife ... of what were then called the United States Colored Troops (USCT).

Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states ... The first of these was the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Colored Regiment, led ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Nearly 180,000 African American men fought for the Union in the Civil War. A new exhibit called “The United States Colored Troops” at the Rolland Center for Lincoln ...

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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

3 How does the story of the United States Colored Troops challenge traditional Civil War narratives ... collection to the state of Indiana. 5 For first-time visitors, what other Rolland Center ...

Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy ... who escaped slavery to join the United States Colored Troops in 1863. This Veteran’s Day, he’ll be honored for the first time ever with a flag on ...

Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky.

Two years into the Civil War, black soldiers ... Among the troops who attacked Southern positions at Saltville on October 2 were soldiers of the 5th United States Colored Cavalry.