Ed Root started wth a short recap of the highly successful Bethlehem Popup Civil War Museum. (See the post about the museum here)
Robert Hilliard presented an interesting talk about Spies, Slaves, and Secrets of the Civil War. Based on research for the multiple award-winning historical espionage thriller In Freedom’s Shadow, Hilliard provided an overall background on Civil War espionage, and highlighted individual operatives who served each army during the Civil War as well as the technology they used to conduct operations. It also focused on the contributions of escaped slaves as a valued source of information to the US Army and as covert intelligence operatives who risked their lives serving undercover in the Confederacy.
As always, we held our book raffle for preservation with the winner pictured below.
