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1 posted on 07/04/2021 8:41:00 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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The South will rise again.


2 posted on 07/04/2021 8:43:40 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: Bull Snipe

I read that for decades Independence Day was not celebrated in Vicksburg.


3 posted on 07/04/2021 8:44:29 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Bull Snipe

The capture of Vicksburg is famous. What seems to be less well-known and discussed is how relatively easily New Orleans fell to the Union. That’ll be my next deep dive in my ongoing education of the WBTS.


4 posted on 07/04/2021 8:49:06 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: Bull Snipe

Joy Behar was only 25 years old.


14 posted on 07/04/2021 9:54:14 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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“Quite a 4th of July for the Union.”

Even southerners could not image just how toxic the coming Union victory would be.

Still, there are those today that say everything turned out just fine once the federal governemnt was in total control.

17 posted on 07/04/2021 11:01:17 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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Lee should have listened to Longstreet


21 posted on 07/04/2021 1:54:30 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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