Historical records relating to blacks who were involved in the Civil War Smithsonian Civil War Timeline McRel Standards United States History 13. Understands the causes of the Civil War 14.

By 1860, there were 180,000 slaves, and by the end of the Civil War, more than 250,000. The reason for the large growth in the number of slaves between 1860 and 1865 was a diabolical one.

Research by assistant professor of history Abigail Cooper into the refugee camps set up for African Americans during the Civil War has revealed stories of courage and bravery and a new understanding ...

Through a rich archive of forgotten Civil War-era photographs, historian Deborah Willis uncovers the often overlooked role of African American soldiers, cooks and medical workers.

A month after the war ended, a chaplain with the 10th Ohio Cavalry Volunteers preached a sermon to nearly 200 blacks who gathered inside the African Moravian Church on May 21, 1865.

Though still technically free, Harriet, just 17, was put to work cleaning Gallop’s house for no pay. In 1847, Baker learned he was to be sold to an owner in Georgia, so the couple, with their 7 ...

Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19 that Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.

There were three reasons to celebrate Holy Week in April 1865: The resurrection of Jesus Christ, the end of the Civil War, and a resurrection of the self-consciousness of freed black men and ...