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Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction Natural Food Cooking and down-to-earth voice that madeThe Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more than 2 million refugees, and the destruction (in modern dollars) of more than $700 billion in property. The war also sparked some of the most heroic moments in American history and enshrined a galaxy of American heroes. Above all, it permanently ended the practice of slavery and proved, in an