Opinion: How Los Angeles ended up with the same nickname as the Confederacy
Unionists responded with their own verses. Augustine Duganne, a New York legislator, soldier and poet, asked in an 1863 poem: ...
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THE DISUNION MOVEMENT.; AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION BROACHED. THE BASIS AND CHARACTER OF THE NEW SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
THE NEW CONFEDERACY. -- As it begins now to appear ... We presume that the form of Government will not be changed to any material extent. Our present form is dear to the people, and they are ...
Mises Institute9d
Exploring the Historical Context of the Cornerstone Speech
Alexander Stephens's infamous “Cornerstone” speech remains controversial even today. The simple revisionist narrative is that ...
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“All in Ironton are Black Except…”—A Civil War Confederate Spy Map
A Civil War map in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland reads, “S. E. Missouri, Country Around Ironton” on its ...
UPI11d
On This Day: Georgia votes to secede from Union
Jan. 19 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1861, Georgia voted to secede from the Union and joined the Confederacy. Advertisement In 1920, threats against the life of Attorney General A.
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HISTORY LESSON
1861: Georgia became the fifth state to secede from the Union; it would join the Confederacy the following month. 1915: Germany carried out its first air raid ...
NDTV14d
When The United States Broke Into 2 Countries, Had 2 Presidents, 2 Flags
But in 1861, the American Union fell apart. 11 southern states came together to break away and form the Confederate States of America. The new country had its own President - Jefferson Davis ...