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American Civil War
The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, also known as "the Confederacy". Led by Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy fought for its independence from the United States.
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The time for war has not yet come, but it will come, and that soon. And when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard.
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― Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
― Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
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Our popular government has often been called an experiment. Two points in it our people have already settled, the successful establishing and the successful administering of it. One still remains—its successful maintenance against a formidable attempt to overthrow it. It is now for them to demonstrate to the world that those who can fairly carry an election can also suppress a rebellion, that ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets, and that when ballots have fairly and const
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― The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
― The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
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