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Great Civil War Projects You Can Build Yourself

Buy It NowGreat Civil War Projects You Can Build Yourself
Maxine Anderson
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From periscopes to homemade paper, uniforms to telegraphs, Great Civil War Projects You Can Build Yourself explores the Civil War era through hands-on building projects and activities using common household and craft store items. Detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for creating 30 Civil War projects, combined with historical background, facts and anecdotes, and biographies and trivia, give kids a hands-on way to experience the fascinating history of one of the most important periods of time in American history.
Civil War facts & Trivia: Coffee was considered perhaps the most important food for Northern armies, while tobacco was treasured by Southern armies. On rare occasions, Union and Confederate soldiers met on picket lines and traded these items with one another, since tobacco was not included in Northern rations and coffee became very rare in Southern rations. Know Your Slang: vittles'food or rations; bread basket'stomach; grab a root'have dinner or a potato
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