Esther’s father, London Wallace, was enslaved in Simsbury and fought in the French & Indian War. He had three sons who all fought in the Revolutionary War. Overall, Peter and Esther had 10 kids.

Overall, Peter and Esther had 10 kids. Further, the couple had seven grandsons who fought in various Civil War Colored Regiments, six of them dying at war, their bodies never making it back to ...

Soldiers and Sailors Monument is located on Boston Common. It is 126-feet high and dedicated to the memory of Massachusetts veterans of the U.S. Civil War. It was designed by Martin Milmore. On ...

WATERBURY, CT (WFSB) - The City of Waterbury is paying tribute to the women who volunteered during World War II as part of the U.S. Naval Reserve Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service or ...

The Militia Act, passed by the United States Congress in 1862, allowed enslaved men to fight for their country during the Civil War. Now, 160 years later, 70 Black Union military members who ...

The American Civil War, 1862-1865, saw 1,646 soldiers enlist from Sauk County; 285 of those died during that conflict. Throughout the nation, many communities which had lost loved ones established ...

A drunken driver allegedly crashed into the Nantucket Civil War Monument on Wednesday night, damaging the structure. Around 8:20 p.m., authorities responded to the area of Milk and Main streets ...

The obelisk monument is a tribute to Nantucket residents who died fighting in the Civil War. The Nantucket Historical Association says nearly 400 men fought on the Union side, and 73 were killed.

NANTUCKET, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Nantucket man has been charged with drunk driving after crashing into a 150-year-old monument to Civil War veterans on the island, police said.