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Richmond National Battlefield Park Child's eye view of the Chimborazo model
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Scenes of people around Civil War era Richmond
 
The USCT's at New Market Heights

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Sketch of black men building earthworks during the Civil War.

Did You Know?
The Confederate government hired slave labor from all around Virginia. The slaves helped build earthen fortifications for the protection of Richmond; the government paid the slaves' owners for their work.

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