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Slaves in the south getting cotton ready for the cotton gin. (LOC)
Slaves in the south getting cotton ready for the cotton gin. (LOC)
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Confederate soldiers lay dead in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. (LOC)
Confederate soldiers lay dead in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. (LOC)
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Robert E. Lee was the confederate general during the Civil War, this picture was taking by Mathew Brady in April 1865.
Robert E. Lee was the confederate general during the Civil War, this picture was taking by Mathew Brady in April 1865.
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"Stonewall" Jackson was a confederate general, and viewed as a hero in the south, until he was shot by his own troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville. (LOC)
"Stonewall" Jackson was a confederate general, and viewed as a hero in the south, until he was shot by his own troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville. (LOC)
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John Wilkes Booth was a confederate supporter and actor and he assassinated Abraham Lincoln in 1865. He was later killed by Union forces. (NARA)
John Wilkes Booth was a confederate supporter and actor and he assassinated Abraham Lincoln in 1865. He was later killed by Union forces. (NARA)
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Fort Sumter was the place that the first shots of the Civil War, and the Confederate forces took the first victory of the war. (NARA)
Fort Sumter was the place that the first shots of the Civil War, and the Confederate forces took the first victory of the war. (NARA)
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The CSS Stonewall was built in France and was made for the Confederate Navy, showing the foreign support for the South. (LOC)
The CSS Stonewall was built in France and was made for the Confederate Navy, showing the foreign support for the South. (LOC)
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Confederate soldiers lie dead after the Battle of Antietam in 1862, the bloodiest day in the Civil War. (LOC)
Confederate soldiers lie dead after the Battle of Antietam in 1862, the bloodiest day in the Civil War. (LOC)
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This picture shows the damage to Atlanta, Georgia after the Atlanta Campaign by William T. Sherman, a Union general, in 1864. (NARA)
This picture shows the damage to Atlanta, Georgia after the Atlanta Campaign by William T. Sherman, a Union general, in 1864. (NARA)
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The ruins of the Confederate capitol, Richmond, Virginia, after Union forces came in, taking the city in 1865. (LOC)
The ruins of the Confederate capitol, Richmond, Virginia, after Union forces came in, taking the city in 1865. (LOC)