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Click your way through the Civil War alphabet to see and learn about what a soldier needed to fight and survive while serving in the army.

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Richard Eppes, 1890s

Did You Know?
Richard Eppes, owner of Appomattox Plantation, which is currently part of the Grant's HQ Unit of Petersburg National Battlefield, noted that it took 8,320 pounds of bacon each year to feed his 127 enslaved people in 1860.

Last Updated: December 17, 2007 at 13:48 MST