
A look at some of the most desperate and daring stories of escape and survival from the American Civil War.
Enslaved aboard the Confederate ship the CSS Planter, Robert Smalls has learned the skills of a naval captain.
Pauline Cushman is a Union war widow, a stage actress and a spy.
Dr. John Doy is a guide on the Underground Railroad attempting to lead a group of men, women, and children to safety in Canada.
Turnage was born a slave; he has made multiple escape attempts, and has been brutally beaten because of them.