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  • The New American Commentary Volume 3A - Leviticus

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    Series series The New American Commentary
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  • African American Soldier in the Civil War

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  • CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge

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    The most successful commerce raider of the Civil War, the CSS Alabama almost single-handedly drove United States merchant shipping from the seas.Her illustrious career saw the capture of 60 merchant ships and two duels with ships of the US Navy. This book gives the complete story of the development of the Confederacy's commerce raiding force and the ships the Union set against them.Compiled from ... Read more

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  • Their Arrows Will Darken the Sun

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