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This Week in the Civil War tracks all the events of this momentous time using the official records and reports of the men who took part in it. Follow the Civil War from week to week from the birth of the Southern Confederacy to the surrender of Cherokee chief Stand Watie.

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Weekly updates of activities and events during the American Civil War derived from the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion.

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