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Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Museum

503 S. Walnut St., Springfield, IL 62704

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The war that helped shape a country is remembered here in "War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies."

The museum also contains medals, photos, actual battle swords, currency, drums and other musical instruments, books, documents, a Union soldier's uniform, and dresses from the Civil War era.

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