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Tag Archives: the Confederacy
Virginia’s Governor urges use of slaves as Confederate Soldiers
By December of 1864 it was clear to anyone who cared to see that the Confederacy was fast approaching exhaustion. Union armies under Grant in Virginia and Sherman in Georgia had placed a chokehold on the military resources of the … Continue reading
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States rights would doom the Confederacy even if they won the war
Would the Confederacy have become a powerful nation if they had won the Civil War? Probably not. Their commitment to state sovereignty would have soon torn them apart. [ This article is being expanded and moved to another site: stay … Continue reading