Journey to Freedom: Uncovering the Grayson Sisters' Escape from Nebraska (Blankenau) archer Under the Crescent Moon (a

Under the Crescent Moon (a reference to the crescent badge assigned to the corps) is the first study of this misunderstood organization

Rossino makes extensive use of primary sources to explore these and other important questions

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Thomas Bruscino explores how these soldiers' shared experiences--enduring basic training

Journey to Freedom: Uncovering the Grayson Sisters' Escape from Nebraska (Blankenau) archer Under the Crescent Moon (aby Gail Shaffer Blankenau In late November of 1858 two enslaved Black womenCelia Grayson, age twenty two, and Eliza Grayson, age twentyescaped the Stephen F. Nuckolls household in southeastern Nebraska. John Williamson, a man of African American and Cherokee descent from Iowa, guided them through the dark to the Missouri River, where they boarded a skiff and crossed the icy waters, heading for their first stop on the Underground Railroad at Civil