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1862: Near Victory for the Confederacy
- The calm before the storm
- Grant leads Union victories in the West
- The Battle of Shiloh
- Preparation for the attack on New Orleans
- Farragut devises a bold plan
- The Confederacy passes the Conscription Act
- Lincoln grows impatient with McClellan
- McClellan begins his advance on Richmond
- Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah campaign
- Lee stops McClellan's advance
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- Europe's View of the War
- 1861: The War Begins
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