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To: Olog-hai

Maryland stayed in the Union. What the hell was statue ever in Maryland honoring a Confederate for?


75 posted on 03/02/2017 1:04:46 PM PST by jmacusa (Election 2016. The Battle of Midway for The Democrat Party.)
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To: jmacusa
Maryland remained in the Union because the Lincoln Administration imprisoned the Confederate sympathizers in the state legislature. The Eastern Shore, Baltimore, and southern Maryland were pro-secession, although central and western Maryland were Unionist. Simply stated, the Union needed Maryland to remain loyal, because otherwise, Washington, DC would have to be abandoned, and the capital removed to Philadelphia.
78 posted on 03/02/2017 1:17:17 PM PST by Wallace T.
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To: jmacusa

This thread is old, but I just had to reply. Boy you sure showed your ignorance with that one statement!


82 posted on 03/02/2017 8:08:52 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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