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The 350 number was for those found guilty of the specific charge of RAPE, An additiional 11,834 were for Section 134 offenses such as Assault-indecent, Assault with intent to commit rape, Assault with intent to commit sodomy, Indecent acts or liberties with a child, and/or Indecent acts with another.

You say "offenses such as", so that could be as little as two. Being that they used a charge of "rape" for rape, 350 is all you have and that's for the whole war. You have a bad habit of exaggerating, just as when you said McClellan voters would be shot for their vote.

Lowry noted that such charges were not normally levied if the victim was a slave.

Still you have no number besides the 350 for the whole war. If there were only 350 for the whole war, then there wasn't very many for Sherman's army, slaves or not.

Where specifically in Article IV or Federal Law does it state that ANY election obtaining near unanimous results are invalid? Are 9-0 court decisions invalid?

The people deciding the fate of Texas were not elected in the Republican fashion of the rest of the country in violation of Article IV, Section 4. It was a coup.

[#3Fan] It was a coup.

If you say so.

SOURCE:

[1] Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary
COUP. a brilliant, sudden, and usu. highly successful stroke or act.

[2] Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
COUP. a brilliant, sudden, and usually highly successful stroke or act.

You say "offenses such as", so that could be as little as two. Being that they used a charge of "rape" for rape, 350 is all you have and that's for the whole war. You have a bad habit of exaggerating, just as when you said McClellan voters would be shot for their vote.

The taking of another life illegally could be classified as murder/homicide (of various degrees), manslaughter, abortion, infanticde, or euthanasia. Illegal sexual contact could be classified as rape or any other the other charges previously listed. What part of 11,834 courts-martial do you not understand? A soldier could face courts-martial if they also murdered their victim, and found guilty if that charge instead.

No exaggeration has been proven, even when a Georgia Justice was hung which you assert did not happen. And I never stated McClellan voters should be shot.

The people deciding the fate of Texas were not elected in the Republican fashion of the rest of the country in violation of Article IV, Section 4. It was a coup.

Let's make this real simple. There were TWO elections. One for delegates to the constitutional convention - they voted to secede.

The second was a vote by the people of Texas - they voted to secede. How is that not "republican"?