Along with explorations of well-known sites of the Civil War -- Fort Sumter, Appomattox, Gettysburg, -- Landmarks of the Civil War takes us on a powerful journey to the places that reveal how the Civil War, perhaps the most devastating event in American history, affected all Americans, such as:
* Port Hudson, Louisiana, where African Americans fought for their freedom on the high bluffs of the Mississippi at the risk on not just capture but enslavement
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