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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Peering at the Past – Beware of Robbers on the River
The Robbers Roost roster of pirates began river operations a few years after the demise of the McGregor crew of criminals. Historian David Klinski recognized the timing and geography raises the ...
The world’s tallest bridge that transformed European country and cost £20mn to build
The Millau Viaduct is one of the world's most remarkable structures. The bridge, once deemed impossible, now stands as the ...