Ranger Sarah has arrived at Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site. This 1862 minor skirmish has national significance because it was the first time Black soldiers engaged in combat during the Civil War.
— at Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site.
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Ranger Sarah starts her learning of the Battle of Island Mound. Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site preserves the site of the Toothman Farm, which the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry used as its headquarters and renamed “Fort Africa.”
— at Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site.
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Adventures of Ranger Sarah