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By Louis Prang & Co.; lithograph signed "Jo Davidson" - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID pga.04044.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work

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Incidents of the war. A harvest of death, Gettysburg, PA. Dead Federal soldiers on battlefield. Negative by Timothy H. O'Sullivan. Positive by Alexander Gardner.

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By Louis Prang & Co.; lithograph signed "Jo Davidson" - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID pga.04044.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work

This One Battle Changed Naval Warfare Forever (And Made Countless Warships Obsolete)

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Commanders of Complete Chaos: 5 Worst Generals in American History

This 1 Battle Changed Naval Warfare Forever

Civil War Fact: The Prison Camps Were Total Hell

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The Trent Affair: When America and Great Britain Nearly Went to War

Incidents of the war. A harvest of death, Gettysburg, PA. Dead Federal soldiers on battlefield. Negative by Timothy H. O'Sullivan. Positive by Alexander Gardner.

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The Worst Part of the Civil War? Prison Camps.

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