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examines the Civil War through collections of artifacts. Topics include slavery and abolition, Abraham Lincoln, the first Union officer killed, soldiering, weapons, leaders, cavalries, navies, life and culture, Appomattox, Winslow Homer, and Mathew Brady. A Civil War timeline is included. (Smithsonian Institution)
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The surrender of Lee to General Grant on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ended the Civil War. The nation's return to peace marked the opening of an age that would raise the United States to new and undreamed of heights in wealth, productivity, and world influence. |
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