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Civil War Nursing

At the onset of the Civil War, neither the Union nor the Confederacy had a provision for military nurses.…

The Lincoln Assassination

The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

The Battle of Malvern Hill

After his victory at Malvern Hill McClellan chose to retreat, ending The Seven Days Battles and the Peninsula…

The Jones-Imboden Raid

In April 1863 Confederate forces launched a raid into the new state of West Virginia designed to wreak…

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