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Battle map depicting the third phase of the Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) in August 1862. Blue arrows and blocks represent Union forces under General Pope positioned defensively and in attack along the Warrenton Turnpike, while red arrows show Confederate troops under General Lee launching a major assault from the southwest, with locations such as Groveton, Sudley Ford, and Manassas Gap Railroad marked for context. Robert E. Lee
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Stonewall Jackson Bull Run, Second Battle of; Second Manassas American Civil War: Manassas, Virginia Orange and Alexandria Railroad
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Civil War era cannon overlooks Kennesaw Mountain National Battle. (military, artillery, American history)
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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
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54th Massachusetts Regiment. "Storming Fort Wagner," by Kurz & Allison, c. 1890. Depicts the assault on the S.C. fort on 7/18/1863. American Civil War, 54th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, 1st all African-American regiment, black soldiers, black history
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Battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, lithograph by Kurz and Allison, circa 1888.
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