A new project is shedding light on Black Civil War vets — and reconnecting them to their families

The Kentucky U.S. Colored Troops Project creates a database record for soldiers to unlock "lost" information about enslaved people from families.

     

source https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/06/24/families-reconnect-black-civil-war-ancestors/7702643001/