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Confederate Commerce Raiders and Privateers

Arguably the Confederacy’s maritime efforts rank among its greatest wartime successes. Starting literally…

The Wounded

It is important to examine the nature and effects of wounds since one-third of Civil War deaths resulted…

Fortifications

Symbolically the Civil War began and ended at fortifications, with the April 1861 shelling of Fort Sumter…

Civil War Music

The Civil War affected American musical life at every level. Music affected the war as well. Virtuosos…

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