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Class Conflict in the Union and the Confederacy

The Civil War was a conflict that pitted an industrializing, free labor North against a rural, slaveholding…

The Battle of Second Kernstown

As the Army of Northern Virginia began to dig in around Petersburg in June 1864, Lee sent his Second…

Cycloramas

The new technology of cycloramas brought Civil War battlefields to life for 19th century audiences.

Chaplains in the Civil War

The work and impact of chaplains during the Civil War.

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