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 New for the 150th anniversary! This official National Park Service Handbook is designed to provide a measure of understanding of this "most momentous era" of our history. Written by noted historians, these dramatic essays address the military, political, racial, social, cultural, and economic facets of the Civil War and its place in our nation's legacy and memory. This book contains photographs, illustrations, and etchings from the Civil War period. Soft cover, 176 pages. Available for preorder.
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Part of the National Park Civil War Series. "The Union is Dissolved" screamed the headline of the Charleston Mercury, announcing that South Carolina had passed an ordinance of secession. This would start the dominoes to fall leading to civil war between the North and South. Fort Sumter, situated in the heart of Charleston Harbor, was the starting point of the conflict. It protected the important coastal post and city of Charleston. After constant bombardment, sections of the fort were reduced to rubble. It would take years to reconstruct the fort and many more years to piece the nation back together.
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One hundred fifty years ago, America faced its greatest challenge. Four years of bloody Civil War exacted a terrible toll as it tested the nation's ideals. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians lost their lives in a struggle that destroyed the institution of slavery and restored the United States into one nation. A century and a half later, battlefields echo with the stories of young men caught up in the most costly conflict in our history.
This logo commemorates Fort Sumter National Monument and the battle that took place there April 12-14, 1861.
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 From the first shots fired at Fort Sumter in 1861 to the surrender at Appomattox in 1865, four years of Civil War raged in the United States. A century and a half later, battlefields echo with the stories of young men caught up in the most costly conflict in our history. Iconic images invoke images of the war. Some of those images are depicted here: The profile of President Abraham Lincoln (blue), General Robert E Lee on his beloved horse, Traveler (gray), the kepi hat worn by bother Union and Confederate soldiers (yellow), ironclad battleships (black), rifles (red), and cannons (brown).
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One hundred fifty years ago, America faced its greatest challenge. Four years of bloody Civil War exacted a terrible toll as it tested the nation's ideals. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians lost their lives in a struggle that destroyed the institution of slavery and restored the United States into one nation. A century and a half later, battlefields echo with the stories of young men caught up in the most costly conflict in our history. Monuments on town squares give testimony to the war's long reach into every community across the land, and more recent debates over civil and states' rights tell us the work started by those in blue and gray continues to shape our lives today.
This set includes a sesquicentennial pocket watch, a commemorative reproduction leather journal, an anniversary camp mug, a 2011 Civil War anniversary calendar, and a copy of CWS Concise History of the Civil War.
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