Civil War Soldiers: Who Fought America's Most Bitter Conflict?
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Who were the soldiers in the Civil War? How many fought? Where did they come from? How did they live? And how did they die?
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One Hundred Years Ago, the Harlem Hellfighters Bravely Led the U.S. Into WWI, History
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Civil War Soldiers: Who Fought America's Most Bitter Conflict
Sherman's March to the Sea: A military triumph left a bitter legacy - The Washington Post
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Sudan conflict: Warring generals and Western interests
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W. E. B. Du Bois on the Freedmen's Bureau - The Atlantic
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The South lost the Civil War — but won the PR War
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American Civil War Year-By-Year Timeline
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American Civil War - Wikipedia
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Salvadoran Civil War - Wikipedia
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Opposing Civil War Veterans Met in Peace 50 Years After the Battle of Gettysburg
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Grand Old Fort: but alas Manned by Colored Troops…” Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Ontario
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The Chinese soldiers who fought in the American civil war