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War of and by the People?

From the Library of Congress

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Hang On to Your Wallets …

… the Yankees Are Coming As the U.S. Congress debates ways and means to pay for the ever burgeoning war debt a Confederate military officer uses that debt as a recruiting tool. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch February 13, 1862: … Continue reading

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