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Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Did a Book Spark the Civil War?

America Explained

It was published nine years before a shot was fired. And was written by a woman. How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin fan the flames of the American Civil...

Hot Air Balloons: The Union’s Secret Civil War Weapon

Museum of Artifacts That Made America

How hot air balloons were used in the Civil War for both surveillance and...

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