Camp Nelson Historic and Archaeological
District, Jessamine County, Ky. One of the nation’s
largest recruitment and training centers for African-American soldiers, Camp
Nelson is also significant as the site of a large refugee camp for the wives
and children of the soldiers who were escaping slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Hartford, Conn. Though best known to modern audiences for her anti-slavery
work, including the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” Harriet Beecher Stowe was widely
recognized in her lifetime as a highly prolific and nationally significant
reformer for a wide variety of causes.
Honey Springs Battlefield, McIntosh and Muskogee Counties, Okla. The Battle of Honey Springs on July 17, 1863, was the largest battle in Indian
Territory in which Native Americans fought as members of both Union and
Confederate armies. The latter failed to take Fort Gibson and the Union victory
left the North in control of Indian territory north of the Arkansas River. A
re-enactment is planned Nov. 8-10.
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