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To: Sacajaweau
"IIRC, after the Revolutionary war, soldiers were allowed BY WASHINGTON to keep their weapons."

At the end of our Civil War Grant and Sherman allowed surrendered Confederate officers to keep their side arms and horses.

12 posted on 11/22/2015 9:41:12 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

Lone Watie: I didn’t surrender, but they took my horse and made him surrender. They have him pulling a wagon up in Kansas I bet.


29 posted on 11/22/2015 6:16:00 PM PST by Redcitizen
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