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During the U.S. Civil War, Cornelius Vanderbilt donated his largest and fastest steamship, named the Vanderbilt and built for around $1 million, to the Union Navy. The vessel was used to chase down Confederate raiders. In 1813, Vanderbilt married his cousin Sophia Johnson, and the couple eventually had 13 children.

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