A group called the Sons of Union Veterans will dedicate a new headstone for Doc McWilliams Saturday afternoon at Lawrence's Oak Hill Cemetery. McWilliams, a Black Union soldier in the Civil War, was an early civil rights activist following the War Between the States.
Some controversies still linger about the American Civil War, but after 150 years, the basics are clear, right? Well, not really. We have forgotten a lot
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On the web For more information about the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry regiment, go to https://www.nps.gov/articles/1stkansas.htm. For more information about the Battle of Island Mound State Historical Site, and