Mercer County Cemetery, the final resting place of nearly 200 Civil War veterans, hosted commemoration services for the 160th ...

THE Last Civil War Volunteers: The 125th U.S. Colored Infantry in New Mexico ... Times, 2 Jul 1997 (with photographs); Robert McG. Thomas Jr., “Daisy Anderson, 97, Widow of Former Slave and Union ...

The Militia Act, passed by the United States Congress in 1862, allowed enslaved men to fight for their country during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the United States Colored Troops, made up ...