
860,000 women. Not soldiers, not casualties of bombing, not victims of the battlefield. Women in their homes, in their basement, in their churches in 8…
He looked at Ellen with genuine concern, then turned to the clerk with irritation. This man is clearly ill. Must you insist on formalities when…
And some of them would be inspired to attempt their own escapes, to take their own impossible chances, to refuse the roles they had been…
Robert and Susan Walker had paid $35,000 on April 10th, 1998, 5 days before Clare Monroe disappeared. But the adoption had been arranged weeks earlier.…

There is a local history book in the village of Plabanek, France. It records everything that happened during the war, the names of families, the…
But staying in Charleston any longer, submitting to more questions, more scrutiny, more chances for the disguise to crack. That was even more dangerous. William…
And most dangerously, it offered financial incentives to commissioners who ruled in favor of enslavers, turning the legal system into a bounty hunting operation. Ellen…

BENJAMIN PENNINGTON’S FINAL WORDS AND THE TRAGEDY THAT TRANSFORMED THEM INTO A SYMBOL OF THE COST NO ONE TALKS ABOUT”
He Told His Mother He Was Afraid Before Deployment — Days Later, Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington’s Name Would Be Etched Into the Memory of a…
BENJAMIN PENNINGTON’S FINAL WORDS AND THE TRAGEDY THAT TRANSFORMED THEM INTO A SYMBOL OF THE COST NO ONE TALKS ABOUT” – Part 2
And in just a few hours, when they tried to board the steamboat to Charleston, someone would ask a question that no amount of green…
BENJAMIN PENNINGTON’S FINAL WORDS AND THE TRAGEDY THAT TRANSFORMED THEM INTO A SYMBOL OF THE COST NO ONE TALKS ABOUT” – Part 3
She could claim they were in her luggage, but the officer would simply wait while she produced them, and the lie would collapse. She could…

