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.

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

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

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 ...