Harriet Tubman, famed for her role in the Underground Railroad, is posthumously honored as a brigadier general by Maryland's ...

In addition to her work leading slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad, Tubman headed reconnaissance parties and ...

Foner adds: "The Emancipation Proclamation is issued as a military order. It's to help win the war." The painting above ...

Hollywood icon Denzel Washington has teased retirement plans and revealed his upcoming slate of films including Black Panther ...

African American soldiers and white officers from across the North comprised the celebrated Massachusetts 54th Regiment. Like most African American units, the 54th was led by a white man ...

Despite the danger around him, Sgt. William H. Carney of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment survived, holding ...

This painting depicts the 54th Massachusetts Regiment storming Fort Wagner during the Civil War. Click the image to learn more about the "Fighting 54th". Black Americans have left an indelible ...

"The Sarah Sands was a steamer which caught fire while taking the 54th Regiment (now part of the Devon and Dorsets) to India during the Mutiny in 1857. According to the account by Rudyard Kipling ...

From parades to somber remembrance ceremonies, people across the region came together to honor those who served.

The Royal Irish Regiment is to be axed in Northern Ireland as part of a major plan to cut troop numbers in the Province, it has emerged. Military authorities plan to scrap all three Home Service ...

African American soldiers and white officers from across the North comprised the celebrated Massachusetts 54th Regiment. Like most African American units, the 54th was led by a white man ...