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American Civil War: Letters and Diaries

Find detailed, firsthand descriptions of historical characters and events, glimpses of daily life in the army, anecdotes about key events and personages, accounts of sufferings at home, a rich database of battles, and more. These and thousands of other experiences are represented in this 100,000 page collection. It includes 4,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscript images.

 

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