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Pennsylvania

RESERVOIR PARK
100 CONCERT DRIVE
HARRISBURG, PA 17103, USA

Website: http://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org

The National Civil War Museum presents a comprehensive and even-handed overview of America's greatest tragedy. Exhibits are factual, humanistic, educational, and entertaining. High-resolution video and sound-and-light shows complement the world-class collection of Civil War artifacts. Personal possessions of Lincoln, Davis, Lee, Grant, Jackson, McClellan, and Johnny Reb and Billy Yank are included in the collection.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | HSP is one of the nation's largest nongovernmental repositories of documentary materials, housing more than 600,000 books, 300,000 graphics, and 20 million manuscript items.
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The State Museum of Pennsylvania
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