In the South, most slaves did not hear of the proclamation for months. But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed ... A few individual commanders in the field had taken steps to recruit ...

More than 300 Confederate soldiers were buried here during the Civil War and more than 1,000 former slaves and their ...

Ulysses S Grant was the biggest hero of the Civil War. Johnny Clem might ... Yet for some Southern children — African American slaves — this brutal war meant freedom. Even before the ...

In the book, “Slavery After Slavery," Dr. Mary Frances Berry, who is an acclaimed historian, educator and activist, writes about the court cases of several children who were forced to work and ...