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Jubal Early's 1864 Raid on Washington

While often recognized as a leading advocate for the Lost Cause during Reconstruction and having a storied…

Billy Yank

The soldiers and their experiences in the Union armies

Financing the Civil War

Officials in both the USA and CSA were remarkably successful in finding sufficient financial resources…

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

No issue rankled antebellum Americans more painfully or persistently than the fugitive slave problem.…

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