Many of Pitts' soldiers believed they would not have made it through the ordeal had it not been for the leadership of their ...

In a twist, Worley's reprimand was based not on his political activism, but on his response to the gay soldier’s complaint.

The following spring, the Confederate Congress passed a law that allowed the death penalty for white officers of black units and provided for captured black soldiers to be returned to slavery.

The regular, peacetime army was all-white, and the demands ... “Glory.” These Black troops received the nickname “Buffalo Soldiers” from their Native American foes, who equated the ...