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Joseph Wheelan

Joseph Wheelan is the author of Their Last Full Measure: The Final Days of the Civil War, just released by Da Capo Press.

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The Civil War Changed the US Forever

When the North emerged victorious on April 9, 1865, the U.S. entered a new era. However, the war’s legacy of destruction would leave deep scars.

Joseph Wheelan

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