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  • Civil War: Artifacts
    Civil War: Artifacts

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    Explore Civil War artifacts, from medical kits and personal hygiene items, to carbines and currency.

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  • Civil War Tech
    Civil War Tech

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    The Civil War saw the rise of major technological advances in warfare.

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  • Lincoln's War Machine
    Lincoln's War Machine

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    Twenty-four thousand miles of railroad replenishes troops and supplies for the North and delivers disaster to the South.

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  • Tragedy on the Sultana
    Tragedy on the Sultana

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    The passenger ship Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River killing over 1,800 civilians and solfiers returning from the battlefield after the Civil War. Though the war had officially ended, was this tragedy the work of Confederate agents?

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  • America and the Civil War
    America and the Civil War

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    Discover how the bloodiest war in American history transformed the face of the nation.

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  • Civil War in One Word
    Civil War in One Word

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    If you had just one word to describe the Civil War, what would it be?

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  • Impact of the Civil War
    Impact of the Civil War

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    The Civil War was a long and gruesome conflict that claimed more than 620,000 lives and had lasting effects on military and civilian survivors.

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  • Legacy of the Civil War
    Legacy of the Civil War

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    One hundred and fifty years after it began, the Civil War is still an important component of our national character.

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The Battle of Hampton Roads between the Monitor and Merrimack during the American Civil War changed naval warfare forever.

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