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1861: The War Begins

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  • Celebrations of the impending war
  • The North builds its army
  • The South struggles to provide for its soldiers
  • North and South scramble for military leadership
  • Amateur officers and West Pointers
  • The Northern strategy
  • The Southern strategy
  • Lincoln makes a new state out of western Virginia
  • The Union Army moves south
  • The First Battle of Bull Run
  • The South spoils the North's grand...

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