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10 Top Civil War Websites for Genealogy Research

By David A. Fryxell Premium

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Americans continue to be fascinated with the Civil War, but today that interest need not be limited to books and battlefield visits. You can now explore the history of that conflict—and your ancestors’ role in it—in ways those fighting men in blue and gray could never have imagined. The name and unit of every known View Website VIP Subscription

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