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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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B&O Railroad Museum offers journey through Black history in railroad industry
THE FIRST STOP ON THAT JOURNEY THROUGH TIME IS DURING SLAVERY ... AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE CIVIL WAR, HIGHLIGHTING THE THOUSANDS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO WORKED FOR RAILROADS IN THE NORTH.
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In Camden's historic Butler Cemetery, a pastor honors lives and legacies of Black Civil War soldiers
An abolitionist and ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, Butler opened a ... Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. "They were men who were colored troops who ...
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Honoring Black Civil War soldiers buried in Camden's historic Butler Cemetery
An abolitionist and ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, Butler opened a ... Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. "They were men who were colored troops who ...
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RITTNER: Troy’s Railroad Days, Part 3
The Troy and Greenfield Railroad (1848, leased to Troy and ... where the finances were arranged for building the USS Monitor during the Civil War. The room (office) was moved to their new ...