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 ...

Leading up to the Civil War, Kentucky led the country ... unsavory elements added to whiskey during the war like with Sutler's whiskey. This potent potable was part whiskey, part turpentine ...

MANSFIELD — The 47th annual Ohio Civil War And WWI & II Show will be held at the Richland County Fairgrounds May 3-4.