Though Tubman is most famous for her successes along the Underground Railroad, her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known. An additional classroom coach for elementary schools and a ...
A Civil War map in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland reads, “S. E. Missouri, Country Around Ironton” on its ...
Escaping an arranged marriage, Sarah Emma Edmonds, disguised as a man, supported herself by working as a Civil War nurse, soldier, spy, and postman. After revealing her secret, Edmonds was the first ...