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At a time when many Civil War monuments are being removed or relocated, a new one is being dedicated in Culpeper County.

Created by the government after emancipation in 1863, the nearly 200,000 Black soldiers helped the Union win a decisive victory in the Civil War.

Created by the government after emancipation in 1863, the nearly 200,000 Black soldiers helped the Union win a decisive victory in the Civil War.

As the nation marks Memorial Day and pays tribute to those who died during military service, some also remember the Black soldiers who fought on the Union side during the Civil War. Undeterred by racism, thousands of Black soldiers answered President Abraham Lincolns call to fight for the United States and their freedom.

The Spring Hill Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted 7-1-1 approving a new management and operations contract to the Battle of Franklin Trust.

"R" is for Randolph, Benjamin Franklin (ca. 1820-1868). Legislator, clergyman. Born free in Kentucky, Randolph grew up in Ohio and graduated from Oberlin

Reconstruction and Its Aftermath The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freed African Americans in rebel states, and after the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment emancipated all U.S. slaves wherever they were. As a result, the mass of Southern blacks now faced the difficulty Northern blacks had confronted—that of a free people surrounded by many hostile whites. One freedman, Houston Hartsfield Holloway, wrote, “For we colored people did not know how to be free and the white people did ...

In “The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship,” Deborah Willis discusses the yearning to fight, to have full citizenship, and far more.

Learn about Black Floridians who have had a huge influence on our culture and history.

How Black soldiers helped end the US Civil War Jacqueline Cutler, New York Daily News © NYU Press/TNS "The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship" by Deborah Willis; NYU Press. “The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship” by Deborah Willis; NYU Press (256 pages, $35) ——— It wasn’t just a war for freedom. It was a war for the future. Black soldiers during the Civil War weren’t just fighting for themsel...