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April 9, 1865 is widely known as the day the American Civil War ended.Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee handed his sword over to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant鈥
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Many people think the American Civil War had to happen. It reunited a torn country and put an end to slavery. But was it a "good" war, and is there even鈥
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Before the Civil War, North Carolina was a poor, agrarian state. The people who lived here were renowned for their independence. It was a quality that鈥
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During the Civil War, the Union Army had an increasing supply of something the Confederacy lacked: food. Canning operations in the North kept the Union鈥檚鈥
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America was a highly religious nation during the Civil War era and spiritual believers on both sides of the conflict turned to their faith to understand鈥
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Many families here in North Carolina have passed down stories about the experiences of their ancestors during the Civil War. For most people, those tales鈥
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Henry Berry Lowry was a Lumbee Indian sometimes described as the 鈥淩obin Hood鈥 of Robeson County, North Carolina. But Lowry鈥檚 story is much more nuanced鈥
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Historians estimate that more than 56,000 Americans died in prison camps during the Civil War. That's a casualty figure that is far greater than any鈥
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The Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars fought in American history. Although the North won, led bravely by President Abraham Lincoln, Union victory鈥
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Some historians refer to the Civil War as the 鈥渨ar between the states" 鈥 a white man鈥檚 war. But to many people of color 鈥 it was the 鈥渨ar for freedom.鈥濃