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It's good to get a head start on this year's topic. Read the "Emancipation Proclamation" and "Civil War Medical Care, Battle Wounds, and Disease." I encourage you to write a multiple choice test on the reading.
http://www.nps.gov/ncro/anti/emancipation.html
http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicine.htm
http://www.nps.gov/ncro/anti/emancipation.html
http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicine.htm