The US Civil War drastically reshaped how Americans deal with death – will the pandemic?
The Civil War – the second-most-deadly event in US history, just behind COVID-19 –contributed to lasting changes in how Americans care for the dead.
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The Civil War – the second-most-deadly event in US history, just behind COVID-19 –contributed to lasting changes in how Americans care for the dead.
Around 750,000 people died during the conflict—2.5 percent of the country's population at the time
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Rush to bitcoin? Not so fast, say keepers of corporate coffers
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