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Download or read book The Complete Civil War Road Trip Guide written by Michael Weeks and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tour guide features ten different itineraries that lead visitors through every major campaign site, as well as 450 lesser-known venues in unlikely places such as Idaho and New Mexico.

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