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-During the [[American Civil War]], Rhode Island was the first Union state to send troops in response to [[Abraham Lincoln|President Lincoln]]'s request for help from the states. Rhode Island furnished 25,236 fighting men, of whom 1,685 died.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} On the home front, Rhode Island and the other northern states used their industrial capacity to supply the Union Army with the materials it needed to win the war. The [[United States Naval Academy]] moved to Rhode Island temporarily during the war.
+During the American Civil War, Rhode Island was the first Union state to send troops in response to [[Abraham Lincoln|President Lincoln]]'s request for help from the states. Rhode Island furnished 25,236 fighting men, of whom 1,685 died.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} On the home front, Rhode Island and the other northern states used their industrial capacity to supply the Union Army with the materials it needed to win the war. The [[United States Naval Academy]] moved to Rhode Island temporarily during the war.
 In 1866, Rhode Island abolished racial segregation in the public schools throughout the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/studteaguide/RhodeIslandHistory/chapt5.html |title=Rhode Island History: CHAPTER V: Change, Controversy, and War, 1846–1865 |access-date=March 28, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203064148/http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/studteaguide/RhodeIslandHistory/chapt5.html |archive-date=February 3, 2006 }}</ref>