More than 185,000 Black men served in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War, about 10% of soldiers in the Union Army. The American Civil War Museum's new exhibit, Beyond Valor, chronicles those troops.
Many artifacts come from regiments involved in the 1865 Battle of Fork Road, which ended in the fall of the Confederacy's final major seaport in Wilmington, North Carolina. Others are typical of what USCT soldiers carried.
The museum is hosting two experts to speak about the USCT June 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the former Tredegar Iron Works site. Tickets cost $10 for the event.
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