The American Civil War: Lives and Legends
Learn about the American Civil War this sesquicentennial year through the stories of those who lived during before, during and after those turbulent years.
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Reliving History on the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway
Updated Jan 30, 2013
in Famous Americans, The American Civil War, and The American Civil War: Lives and Legends Harriet Tubman earned the name "Moses of Her People" because she helped so many of her fellow slaves to freedom. Travel along the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway in Maryland and discover the story of this amazing woman and the cause she represented.
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Investigate Belle Boyd’s Front Royal Legacy on Skyline Drive
Updated Jan 29, 2013
in Famous Americans, The American Civil War, and The American Civil War: Lives and Legends Investigate the life of notorious Confederate spy Belle Boyd at the Belle Boyd Cottage, a living history museum in Front Royal, Virginia at the northern end of Skyline Drive.
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The Freed Slave Exodus to Kansas on the Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway
Updated May 31, 2012
in The American Civil War and The American Civil War: Lives and Legends Spend an afternoon visiting local museums and touring quiet country cemeteries along the Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway as you learn about "Exodusters," emancipated slaves who came to call Kansas home.
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Walk into Civil War History with the George Washington Memorial Parkway
Updated Apr 24, 2013
in Get Fit! Get Active: Walking Tours, The American Civil War, and The American Civil War: Lives and Legends The George Washington Memorial Parkway is known as "the gateway to Washington, D.C." This year, it can also serve as a gateway to a healthier life as you discover our capital's Civil War history on foot.
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Journey Through the Hallowed Grounds of Gettysburg
Updated Jul 26, 2012
in The American Civil War, The American Civil War: Battles and Beyond, and The American Civil War: Lives and Legends Unlock the past for you and your family at Gettysburg National Military Park on the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway in Pennsylvania. Pay reverent homage to the brave men who fought and died in July 1863 at one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War.
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Walk with Lincoln on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route
Updated Apr 24, 2013
in Get Fit! Get Active: Walking Tours, The American Civil War, and The American Civil War: Lives and Legends For a plethora of Civil War and Lincoln-related sites, "Walk with Lincoln" on the Lincoln & Civil War Legacy Trail in Alton, Illinois, on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route.
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Black Kettle and the Sand Creek Massacre by the Santa Fe Trail
Feb 13, 2012
in The American Civil War, The American Civil War: Battles and Beyond, and The American Civil War: Lives and Legends A short distance from the historic Santa Fe Trail in Colorado, a tragic encounter between Native American tribes and Civil War troops is commemorated at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.
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John Brown’s Last Call-to-Arms along the Washington Heritage Trail
Feb 27, 2012
in The American Civil War: Lives and Legends On October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown and 21 other men shocked the nation by attacking the Armory at Harper’s Ferry in what is now West Virginia.
Related:- Battle, Civil War, Hiking, Historic Times And Places, History, National Historic Park
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Military Medics - Un-sung Heroes of the American Civil War
Updated May 31, 2012
in The American Civil War and The American Civil War: Lives and Legends For tales of tragedy and heroism from an often-overlooked part of the Civil War, visit the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Maryland on the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway.
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- American Civil War, Medical History, Museums
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Bike through Civil War History on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi
Updated May 31, 2012
in Get Fit! Get Active: Go Biking This Fall, The American Civil War, The American Civil War: Battles and Beyond, and The American Civil War: Lives and Legends Watch and listen for echoes of the region's Civil War past as you bike the Natchez Trace Parkway through northern Mississippi.
