This resource provides an overview of the African American soldiers who fought during the Civil War.

This primary source set emphasizes the experiences of African American doughboys during the war while also highlighting how they were perceived by white Americans. Use the sources to determine how racism and patriotism shaped the...

This is a video and transcript of John Kerry's testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the topic of the horrors committed by American soldiers in Vietnam and the resulting anger and suffering their participation in the war...

Online personnel narratives by African American soldiers who participated in World War II.

Photographs of and letters from black soldiers-both enslaved and free-from the late-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries that examine military experience for African Americans.

Prints, photographs and documents form the Library of Congress collections tell a story of African Americans and the Civil War including contrabands of war, emancipation, soldiers and missionaries, and fighting for freedom.

From the Library of Congress, this resource documents the course of post-Civil War, post-slavery life for black Americans. Topics include education, constitutional amendments, voting rights and the many challenges African Americans faced...

A large repository of letters and diaries from both Union and Confederate soldiers, homefront letters, memoirs, and contemporary research files. Includes materials from the war years, 1861-1865, as well as materials from later periods...

A learning module that begins with "Black Soldiers in the Civil War" by The National Archives, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

African Americans have fought proudly for our country as far back as the Revolutionary War. Christian Fleetwood gives an account of the history of African-American soldiers in the Revolutionary War to the Civil War. He cites examples of...

This site offers three versions of the song, "Johnny's Gone for a Soldier." This song was popular during the American Revolutionary War.

John Dos Passos is the focal point of this biography highlighting his politically charged contributions to American modernist literature. See "John Dos Passos Activities" for related artifacts and activities.

Accounts from several of how U.S. soldiers handled the Spanish who died in the Battle of Santiago during the Spanish-American War.

An account by Spanish-American War era correspondent, Richard Harding Davis, describing the conditions and commenting on the uniforms of the soldiers gathering near Tampa for deployment.

This lesson looks at the choices created during the Revolutionary War for enslaved African Americans in Virginia.

Biography of senator and Medal of Honor recipient, Daniel Inouye a Japanese-American serving in World War II who made many longstanding contributions to American government and political life.

Photographs of and letters from slaves and former slaves who fought for the Union or were forced to fight for the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Comprehensive summary features detailed facts and information on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery that honors the soldiers who have fallen during service to their country.

Provides a detailed overview of the events surrounding the Boston Massacre in 1770 and resulting trial. Includes a list of supporting documents and great resources for teachers.

When the war began, many African Americans - North and South - volunteered to serve as soldiers. The vast majority were former slaves who sought to strike at slavery and improve their position in society. Desperate to avert defeat, the...

After a brief history of African-American regiments from New York, you can read about the United Stated Colored Troops in general, where they fought, how they were paid, and the number of casualties among the troops.

Biographical profile of a boy soldier of the Civil War, John Clem, who went on to have a lifelong career in the U.S. military.

This article, written for re-enactment newsletters, tells of women as camp followers in the American Revolution. There is an extensive bibliography included.

Biographical profile of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who led the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first-formed African American regiments of Union soldiers.