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Union soldiers of the 1st and 12th West Virginia Infantry and West Virginia 1st Light Artillery fought at the Battle of New Market, Virginia
The causes of the American Civil War were varied and complex. Most of the issues at the heart of the sectional conflict, however, can be attributed to the institution of slavery, particularly matters pertaining to the extension of slavery into the...
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