Hegseth says renaming military bases after Civil War soldiers who fought for slavery is ‘important for morale’ - Defense ...

In April 1861, just three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to fill the ranks of the Union Army and end the rebellion in the ...

In the years leading up to the Civil War Meigs also supervised additions ... freedom to escaped slaves who did labor for the Army or joined its ranks. One negative consequence was that the federal ...

The Civil War had begun ... the final Emancipation Proclamation that the federal army would officially accept black soldiers into its ranks. African American men rushed to enlist.