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The children who lost their lives at Camp Mystic were not scattered through the camp. Almost every one of them was in either ...
New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...
Delaware residents Mark and Francine Butler created a play and film, "Camp Delaware," to commemorate the site of a Civil War training camp for Black soldiers. "Camp Delaware" will be broadcast on ...
A Juneteenth celebration on Detroit's east side shows the important role Camp Ward played during and after the Civil War.
Groups like Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War worked together to research information on 15 veterans so their graves would no longer be unmarked.
The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp. After the Civil War millions of freed Black people were funneled into concentration camps.
Devil's Punchbowl refugee camp for freed slaves during Civil War is misdescribed as 'concentration camp' It is often falsely claimed that "over 20,000 freed slaves were killed in one year" of the ...
Civil War Camp Day Fort Ward showcases living history. Reenactor troops pose for a photo during Civil War Camp Day Sept. 28 at Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site.
Black soldiers' struggles for freedom took place on and off the battlefield during the Civil War.