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Page 154
... U.S. Civil War . submarine use in Confederate warfare 17 : 748b Housatonic River , in southwestern New En- gland , originates in the Berkshire Hills , near Pittsfield , Mass . , U.S. , and flows southerly for 148 mi ( 238 km ) through ...
... U.S. Civil War . submarine use in Confederate warfare 17 : 748b Housatonic River , in southwestern New En- gland , originates in the Berkshire Hills , near Pittsfield , Mass . , U.S. , and flows southerly for 148 mi ( 238 km ) through ...
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... U.S. participation in the Vietnam War . As vice president , he served as chairman of the National Advisory Council of the Peace Corps , coordinator of the anti - poverty_pro- gram , and chairman of the Civil Rights Coun- cil . Following ...
... U.S. participation in the Vietnam War . As vice president , he served as chairman of the National Advisory Council of the Peace Corps , coordinator of the anti - poverty_pro- gram , and chairman of the Civil Rights Coun- cil . Following ...
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... U.S. Civil War ( 1861-65 ) who controlled the area west of the Mississippi River for the Confederacy for almost two years after it had been severed from the rest of the South . Born Edmund Kirby Smith , he later signed his name E. Kirby ...
... U.S. Civil War ( 1861-65 ) who controlled the area west of the Mississippi River for the Confederacy for almost two years after it had been severed from the rest of the South . Born Edmund Kirby Smith , he later signed his name E. Kirby ...
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