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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Civil War soldiers stand in a line on a barren field.

Five Forks

Confederate prisoners are guarded by Union soldiers after being captured by Gen. Philip Sheridan at the Battle of Five Forks, April 3, 1865, after the storming of Petersburg, Va.

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