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surrender was as monumental.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The citadel
of the west required two years of fighting on land and water with thousands of</span></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="mso-arabic-font-family: Calibri;mso-armenian-font-family:Calibri;mso-color-ext:134217728;mso-color-extmod: 281019124;mso-cyrillic-font-family:"> soldiers employed defending and
attacking with a combined loss of nearly 20,000 casualties. </span></font></div>
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life those dark days on the Mississippi with</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="3"><font face="impact, sans-serif"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Kelton House Museum & Garden<br>
A Service of the Junior League of Columbus<br>
586 East Town Street<br>
Columbus, OH 43215<br>
614.464.2022<br>
keltonhouse@cs.com<br>
www.keltonhouse.com<br>
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<font color="blue">Tour the Kelton House Museum & Garden<br>
Docent-led Tour Sunday 1, 2 & 3 pm<br>
</font><font color="navy"><font color="blue">Audio Tour is available:<br>
Sunday 1 - 4 pm<br>
Monday-Friday 10 am - 4 pm</font><br>
<font color="blue">Last Audio Tour begins at 3 pm<br>
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<font size="3"><b><font color="mediumblue" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Support the Kelton House by joining<br>
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