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To: OIFVeteran

With the possible exception of Baltimore, there was no insurrection or rebellion in the states operating under Lincoln’s authority.

The war began due to the failure of the Republicans to uphold their duty to limit Lincolns actions. They allowed despotic behavior to destroy the peace.


187 posted on 06/29/2017 5:09:28 AM PDT by PeaRidge
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To: PeaRidge
With the possible exception of Baltimore, there was no insurrection or rebellion in the states operating under Lincoln’s authority.

Parts of Illinois and Indiana were, shall we say, restive at various points during the rebellion. And there were anti-draft riots in New York and Wisconsin. Now whether that was due to "despotic behavior" on the part of Lincoln or just because there wasn't a lot of support for them to begin with is open for debate. And uprisings in the North never reached the level that they did in the South where in spite of Richmond's heavy hand whole counties were in open defiance of the Confederate government and where Davis had to threaten to call out the troops to put down the Bread Riots in March and April of 1863.

191 posted on 06/29/2017 5:24:05 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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