More than 17,000 of them fought for the Union in the Civil War, including more than 5,500 Black soldiers, designated by the U.S. War Department in 1863 as United States Colored Troops.

Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi is receiving over $5 million toward restoring a key Civil War monument and removing a building that previously was used as a visitors’ center.

Robert Major Walker, 80, has lived in Vicksburg his entire life, digging through the dirt of this land as a child to find artifacts from the Civil War. “I used to observe that there were no monuments ...

Modern Civil War historiography obscured his story. Then, while reading “a recent book on the Vicksburg campaign,” historian and author Albert A. Nofi checked the reference for “one of Fred’s ...

Bones found in Vicksburg National Military Park have been identified as those of a 90-year-old man missing since 1995. Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey said James Morgan's remains were found ...

More than 17,000 of them fought for the Union in the Civil War, including more than 5,500 Black soldiers, designated by the U.S. War Department in 1863 as United States Colored Troops.

More than 17,000 of them fought for the Union in the Civil War, including more than 5,500 Black soldiers, designated by the U.S. War Department in 1863 as United States Colored Troops.

Vicksburg National Military Park was established in 1899 at the battleground. It commemorates the siege and its role in the Civil War, as well as those who fought.