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Men participate in the Historical Clothing Presentation recreating the epic conflict of the American Civil War during the Heritage Days and Civil War Reenactment at Pierce College Farm Center in Woodland Hills, California, on April 28, 2012. It has been more than 150 years since the Civil War took place, starting on April 12, 1861 and ending on April 18, 1865 with the surrender of the Confederate army. Some 617,000 Americans died in the war. AFP PHOTO /JOE KLAMAR (EDs: Also available in color) (Photo by Joe KLAMAR / AFP via Getty Images)