The marker commemorates the service and sacrifices of African American soldiers during the Civil War in Arkansas. Members of one Arkansas soldier’s family were on hand for Saturday’s unveiling.

After the Civil War, Arkansas veterans returned ... this event differed slightly from other Arkansas reunions of the 1870s. Some Union soldiers attended the event, and two Union officers delivered ...

Edward Otho C. Ord was a major general in the Union army during the Civil War and commanded the Department of Arkansas and the Fourth Military District during Reconstruction.

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

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 ...

Ord was a major general in the Union army during the Civil War ... taken during the war. Ord also forbade any state money to be paid to the families of deceased Confederate soldiers if the same ...