From the Statesman archives: Railroad, freedom colonies changed Austin after Civil War
The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...
What is Cold Harbor on Severance? It could be tied to this major Civil War battle
The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...
Mifflin farmstead, an Underground Railroad, Civil War site, prepares to open this spring
Genealogist Neicy DeShields-Moulton, who traces her roots in the United States back 200 years, spoke about members of her ...
MORE TO THE STORY: Ex-Confederates fight last battle in Minnesota
The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of ...
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The Panic of 1873
Library of Congress Since the end of the Civil War, railroad construction in the United ... Entrepreneurs planned a second, called the Northern Pacific. Cooke's firm was the financial agent ...
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Mifflin farmstead, an Underground Railroad, Civil War site, prepares to open this spring
An up and coming Underground Railroad and Civil War interpretive site, the Mifflin farmstead in Hellam Township observed Black History Month Feb. 6, 2025 with notables gathering in spite of the ...