Military units – Army
Fort Concho (1867-1889)
An active Texas frontier Army post between 1867 and 1889, Fort Concho at various times posted units from the Ninth...
Edward Creston Gleed (1916-1990)
Tuskegee Airman Edward Creston Gleed, World War II combat fighter pilot, was born on November 5, 1916, in Lawrence, Kansas,...
Formation of the Buffalo Soldiers, 1866
On July 28, 1866, the Thirty-Ninth Congress passed the Act to increase and fix the Military Peace Establishment of the...
The Riot of Bamber Bridge (1943)
The US Armed Forces were segregated until President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948 which desegregated...
The Mystery of the 364th Infantry Regiment (1943-1945)
In March 1943, the United States Army renamed the 367th Negro Infantry Regiment the 364th Negro Infantry Regiment. Most of...
The Second Battle of Fort Wagner (1863)
During the American Civil War, Fort Wagner was a Confederate stronghold that protected the harbor of Charleston, then the largest...
The Battle of Olustee (February 20, 1864)
On February 20, 1864, the Battle of Olustee, also referred to as the Battle of Ocean Pond, was fought in...
The Battle of Honey Springs, Indian Territory (1863)
Few people recognize that the Civil War extended into Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). The largest battle in the territory, the...
The Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, Virginia (June 15-18, 1864)
The Richmond-Petersburg campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia during the third year of the Civil War. The...
