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The Underground Railroad was a series of safe houses and "conductors" who helped slaves escape from slavery to the North or to abolitionists in the South.

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22 Jul 2007
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“There is a true duty and a true honor: the glory of duty done – the honor of the integrity of the principle.”

Added to Papers of Robert E. Lee - Footnote Page

12 Jul 2007
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Go to the plantation villages along the bayou where people - both black and white – speak a language – called ‘neg’ or ‘courri-vini’ in Louisiana that is remarkably…

Added to The Haitian Revolution of 1791-1803 - Footnote Page

11 Jul 2007
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The exploits of Toussaint Louverture were reportedly a particular inspiration to young Vesey.

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11 Jul 2007
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Buffalo soldier wearing winter issue buffalo coat

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03 Jul 2007
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Burial: Barkley Cemetery New London Ralls County Missouri, USA

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26 May 2007
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The marker is located beside the eastbound lanes of U.S. Highway 11E, about one mile east of Mohawk Crossroads. The marker stands on land once owned by the Harmon family, who lost…

Added to CIVIL WAR HANGINGS & OTHER EXECUTIONS - Footnote Page

07 May 2007
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This account of the execution of four bushwhackers originally was published in the Aug. 6, 1864 edition of the Fort Smith New Era. Although the name of its author was not given in…

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07 May 2007
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After the Civil War families of many Confederate Indians who served Gen. Watie fled into north Texas and Arkansas some returned to the Nation years later

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06 May 2007
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SOURCE: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-3.htm

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06 May 2007
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Source: The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Ninth & Tenth (Horse) Cavalry Association An Official Army Unit Association http://www.buffalola.com/

Added to Troopers who served in WWII as the Last... - Footnote Page

05 May 2007
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"SADDLE UP" - Drawn by Frederic Remington Harper's Weekly, Sep. 4, 1886

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05 May 2007
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Contributed by Donald Tingle; Huntsville, Alabama [Don is a member of the Friends of the Wheeler Plantation, and also has an interesting web site…

Added to Buffalo Soldier~First Sgt. Augustus Walley - Footnote Page

05 May 2007
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CORRECTION TO THIS ARTICLE: The information concerning an article where I was actually quoting from someone else and observing that they did INDEED make an error in this report…

Added to THE DEATH OF BENGE or CHIEF BENCH - Footnote Page

04 May 2007
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Ida Eleanora VAN BEBBER: Adopted by step-father, Christopher Columbus "C.C." BOZOROTH

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04 May 2007
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Boston King's memories of the evacuation from New York [P]eace was restored between America and Great Britain, which diffused universal joy among all parties, except us, who…

Added to PATRIOTS OF COLOR ~ REVOLUTIONARY WAR - Footnote Page

03 May 2007
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Boston King and his wife Violet were among the black Loyalists who gathered in New York, waiting to be evacuated by the British after the end of the American Revolution. He later…

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03 May 2007
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William H. McLain Residence Upshur County WV; Enlisted as a Private (date unknown). On 2/2/1865 he transferred into "B" Co. VA 26th Cavalry (date and method of discharge not…

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02 May 2007
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Charles Boon Residence Elwood IL; Enlisted on 8/10/1862 as a Private. On 8/28/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. IL 79th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 6/12/1865 at Camp Butler,…

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02 May 2007
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Willis Boon Residence Arcola IL; Enlisted on 12/28/1863 as a Private. On 4/2/1864 he mustered into "I" Co. IL 54th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 10/15/1865 at Little Rock,…

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02 May 2007

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