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EVCW2A-00145

Black regiment of the Union army entering Richmond, Virginia, after its own citizens burned ithe city, April 3, 1865, near the end of the Civil War.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862

Confederate artillery on Marye's Hill firing on Union troops attacking Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1862.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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EVCW2A-00067

Union gunboats and steamships passing the Confederate stronghold Vicksburg, on the Mississippi River, night of April 16, 1863.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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