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Union soldiers fire a canon in a battlefield.
Union soldiers fire a canon in a battlefield.
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Union soldiers march with Union flags during the Civil War.
Union soldiers march with Union flags during the Civil War.
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Confederate soldiers take aim at the retreating Union army.
Confederate soldiers take aim at the retreating Union army.
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The Union flag waves near a rock wall where Union soldiers fire rifles during a Civil War battle.
The Union flag waves near a rock wall where Union soldiers fire rifles during a Civil War battle.
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Union soldiers and cavalry move across a field during the Civil War.
Union soldiers and cavalry move across a field during the Civil War.
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Union soldiers march with their rifles during the Civil War.
Union soldiers march with their rifles during the Civil War.
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Union soldiers carry the Union flag as they march along a dirt road.
Union soldiers carry the Union flag as they march along a dirt road.
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Union soldiers take cover in a forest and fire their rifles during a Civil War battle.
Union soldiers take cover in a forest and fire their rifles during a Civil War battle.
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Rebel and Union armies battle on a dirt road during the Civil War.
Rebel and Union armies battle on a dirt road during the Civil War.
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Union soldiers fire their rifles from behind a ruinous stone wall.
Union soldiers fire their rifles from behind a ruinous stone wall.
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Union soldiers carry the Union flags as the cavalry follows.
Union soldiers carry the Union flags as the cavalry follows.
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Union soldiers fire rifles from behind a rock wall in a Civil War reenactment.
Union soldiers fire rifles from behind a rock wall in a Civil War reenactment.
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Union soldiers kneel, fire their weapons, then re-load their muzzle-loaded rifles.
Union soldiers kneel, fire their weapons, then re-load their muzzle-loaded rifles.
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Union army soldiers take cover behind gravestones during a Civil War battle.
Union army soldiers take cover behind gravestones during a Civil War battle.
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Union soldiers fire from behind a log barricade in a Civil War reenactment.
Union soldiers fire from behind a log barricade in a Civil War reenactment.
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Confederate soldiers advance through the woods as one stops to reload his rifle.
Confederate soldiers advance through the woods as one stops to reload his rifle.
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Union riflemen fire from the cover of interlaced branches during the Civil War.
Union riflemen fire from the cover of interlaced branches during the Civil War.
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Union soldiers fire rifles on a dirt road near a wounded soldier in a Civil War reenactment.
Union soldiers fire rifles on a dirt road near a wounded soldier in a Civil War reenactment.
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Union soldiers march with the Union flag and rifles.
Union soldiers march with the Union flag and rifles.
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Dead and and wounded Union soldiers lie on a battlefield in a Civil War reenactment.
Dead and and wounded Union soldiers lie on a battlefield in a Civil War reenactment.