Carter G. Woodson, who started the precursor to Black History Month, wrote of Cincinnati’s Black history before the Civil War ...

The American Civil War, which began in 1861, was a four-year struggle between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South). Initially driven by the Union's intention to restore national unity and ...

The Civil War ... most white northerners were not interested in fighting to free slaves or in giving rights to black people. For this reason, the government turned away African American voluteers ...