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This costly conflict spanned generations—and its brutal legacy endures. But why did the bloodshed go on for so long?

History buffs are likely familiar with the Civil War's most famous sites, such as Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, where the first shots were fired to mark the start of the brutal war.

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In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists ...