Regardless of the exact figure, the Civil War stands as the bloodiest conflict in American history. (Here’s a list of the wars that killed the most Americans.) Union soldiers fought initially to ...

Click here to see how much soldiers were paid during the Civil War Privates on each side initially earned $11 per month. In June 1864, the Confederates raised each soldier’s pay to $18 per month.

In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who served our country are not forgotten. More than 200,000 African American ...

For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished ... over several years that they were all Union soldiers deserving of a burial service ...

When the Civil War erupted in 1861 ... military records show that by the end of the war, nearly 180,000 Black soldiers — 10 percent of the Union forces — had served in the Army.

These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops, made up one-tenth of the fighting forces for the Union Army. Now, 160 years later, 70 Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War from ...

LISLE (WBNG) -- Two Civil War soldiers will be honored on Saturday at Center Lisle Cemetery. The Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War have researched and replaced the weather-worn ...