After the Civil War, 18 veterans of the United ... s offer of $300 per man to let them go.) After the war ended in 1865, eighteen black soldiers returned to Talbot County—including Charles ...

The Civil War was the deadliest war in America’s history. More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives, and the conflict had drastic impacts on the social and political fabric of the country.

The city of Beaufort is developing six acres of prime property along Battery Creek into a park to honor the unsung story of a remarkable group of Civil War soldiers ... which was home to the ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...