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The Civil War: The First Year: Review by Malcolm Jones

A flood of new books on the Civil War are being published in time for the 150th anniversary but Malcolm Jones writes in Newsweek that few can match a new collection of diaries and other sources from the time.

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A group of officers in training gathered around their chief at Signal Corps's Georgetown camp. (Photo: National Archives, Time Life Pictures / Getty Images)

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