During the Civil War, she served as a spy, scout, nurse and cook in the US Army. In a mission with Col. James Montgomery, she helped the army rescue more than 700 enslaved people during the Combahee ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - The blue and grey returned to Heritage Hill State Park on Sunday for the second Wisconsin Civil War Encampment Reenactment. The event gives visitors a hands-on experience of ...
Examines the build-up to the Civil War: slavery, the Missouri Compromise, abolitionism, and key events like the Dred Scott decision and the election of Lincoln led to secession.