Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues
Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was a deep faith and powerful ...
Northwestern Media1d
Oshkosh letter asks, 'What kind of American are you?'
This week's letter to the editor asks a question posed in the movie 'Civil War': 'What kind of American are you?' ...
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 ...
WDRB2d
Black Civil War soldiers massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky, remembered 160 years later
Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in ...
Digital Photography Review2d
How two brothers tried to photograph the last survivors of the Revolutionary War
In the 1860s, two brothers from Connecticut endeavored to photograph veterans of the American Revolution who could have ...
A French Cartoonist Draws a Window Into the Middle East
Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a ...
The Anniston Star3d
NE Alabama’s geography, beauty and history go hand in hand
Our mountains, creeks, and lakes in northeast Alabama draw visitors for its natural history and human history, as well. With ...