Enjoying myself. I had no clue what was going to happen to me just a year from now and how my life would changeâ¦. I wrote a television series and had nearly optioned a screenplay with a production company. I signed an actor to my project who was a very funny comedian that loved my script and joined with my ...
The Union established the Gulf Blockading Squadron on October 29, 1861. Based at Key West, Florida, this fleet was responsible for maintaining the Union blockade from that point to the Texas-Mexico border at the Rio Grande River.
GET GOOD INTEL: During the Civil War Tubman ramped up her activities through a partnership with the Union Army, which freed slaves to weaken the Confederate economy. On June 1, 1863, Union officers provided 150 black soldiers for a Tubman-masterminded raid on rice plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina.