When Harriet Tubman Helped Lead a Civil War Raid That Freed 750 People
With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname "Moses" all over again—and became the first woman in ...
Why's it called that? Military Road in Worcester takes name from Highland Military Academy
Military Road in Worcester, off Salisbury Street, not far from Park Avenue, takes its name from the school created by ...
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The Civil War and emancipation
The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack ... Finally, on August 6, 1861, fugitive slaves were declared to be "contraband of war" if their labor had been used to aid the ...
Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues
Gen. Rufus Saxton wrote that he bore “witness to the value of her services… She was employed in the Hospitals and as a spy [and] made many a raid inside the enemy’s lines displaying remarkable courage ...
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“All in Ironton are Black Except…”—A Civil War Confederate Spy Map
A Civil War map in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland reads, “S. E. Missouri, Country Around Ironton” on its ...
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Remembering Jefferson County’s forgotten heroes for our freedom
As you march today as an expression of freedom, think back to the American Civil War 1861-1865. Conventional wisdom would ...
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Influences of Southern U.S. authoritarianism explained by author with Oak Ridge ties
“From the founding of the Southern British colonies in 1606 to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. These beliefs continue to influence the contemporary South," said Robert Dipboye, professor ...