The National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus, located in Columbus, Georgia, is a 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) facility that features two original American Civil War military vessels, uniforms, equipment and weapons used by the Union and Confederate navies. It is the only museum in the nation that tells the story of the two navies during the Civil War.
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