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Harriet Tubman: From Conductor to Soldier

Harriet Tubman: From Conductor to Soldier

Former slave Harriet Tubman who had already avoided terrible dangers guiding people north on the Underground Railroad, continued her fight for freedom during the Civil War. On June 2nd, 1863, she played a critical role in a daring military raid, the first led by a...

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Battle of Sterretts Gap

Battle of Sterretts Gap

In June 1863, the Confederates Army was advancing up the Cumberland Valley in Pennsylvania and was led by a cavalry brigade under General Albert G. Jenkins. Jenkins and his men arrived in Carlisle on June 27, then continued east toward the town of Mechanicsburg....

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Civil War in Color Series – Lincoln Assassination Conspirators

Civil War in Color Series – Lincoln Assassination Conspirators

On April 14, 1865, at the climax of a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., actor John Wilkes Booth entered Abraham Lincoln’s private balcony and shot the president in the back of the head. In the hours and days that followed, Booth’s conspirators would be rounded up and locked in prison.  I thought it would be fun to colorize a few of the key players in the assassination and share them with you. 

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