A film featuring the story of the 5th Regiment, U.S. Colored Cavalry in the Civil War, will be screened Oct. 27 in Fremont at the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums. “Camp Delaware ...

The search for the remains of 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry in Kentucky begins. Meet the investigators determined to find and memorialize the 22 Civil War soldiers from the 5th United States Colored ...

In January 1865, Company E of the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry—a unit of formerly enslaved men who joined the Union Army during the Civil War—was ambushed by Confederate guerrillas. The Company ...

This was never truer than in the post Mexican American War (1846-1848) era where the volunteers were discharged from Federal service and the authorized numbers of U.S. Soldiers were decreased to ...