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standing pat

150 years ago this week President Andrew Johnson delivered his second annual message to Congress. Despite the overwhelming Republican victory in Northern states in the 1866 midterm elections, President Johnson did not alter his position: Southern states should be readmitted … Continue reading

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Relative Quiet in York County

Some Christmas Eve southern patriotism from the Virtus correspondent of the Dispatch. Virtus does not think there will be any general advance on up the Peninsula because it is too well defended and because the Yankees seemed to be too … Continue reading

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