Photo Gallery: U.S. Civil War


	Photo Gallery: U.S. Civil War
kkcapricorn
10-17-2009 12:59 PM
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10-17-2009 1:59 PM
foxyarse
More please
10-17-2009 5:20 PM
Socratoad
Great pics of a very brutal war

Thanks KK
10-17-2009 8:33 PM
blueridge
most important war in America's history, over 620,000 men killed, more than all other US wars combined!

What National Geographic, so politically-correct, or other Yankee versions will not show you here.
10-18-2009 2:41 PM
kkcapricorn
Thank you blueridge. Excellent article.
It is amazing the misconceptions some people have of the Civil War.
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