by Toni | Sep 1, 2017 | Blog, Remarkable Documents
“Tybee Island, Savannah River, Ga.- Views of the lighthouse and barracks” — Frank Leslie, 18961 Tybee Island Taking Hilton Head for the base of operations, the army and navy are conjointly making a series of strategic moves which must, sooner or...
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by Toni | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Original Research
In the days following the U.S. military’s capture of Port Royal, South Carolina in November of 1861, hundreds of enslaved men, women and children flocked to military encampments and Union Navy vessels, seeking freedom and protection from Confederate raids...
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