To: sheltonmac
"Confederacy was never an internationally recognized nation, so the crewmen also died as citizens of the United States."
More internationalist drival . . .
To: Texas Federalist
It was impossible for the seceded states to cease to become American. Lincoln viewed secession as impossible. Therefore, though they might claim a new allegiance, the Confederates were still legally citizens of the United States.
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