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17. kicking this thread-- the South was deeply divided and the North was well aware of it

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 07:23 AM

Jun 2013

450,000 Union soldiers came from the slave states, representing a large minority of the population below the Mason-Dixon line.

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Why didn't the North let the South secede? [View all] SnohoDem Nov 2012 OP

The New England pols tried to force a confrontation with Leontius Nov 2012 #4

Actually, no Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2012 #7

You fail to mention any of the previous attempts by New England pols Leontius Dec 2012 #8

I didn't mention them because there weren't any Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2012 #9

I just looked those up Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2012 #12

I think you're right there... 47of74 Mar 2013 #13

some answers: Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2012 #2

Both sides were wrong on the timing. SnohoDem Nov 2012 #3

Historians have quite recently upped that figure to well over 700,000 Adsos Letter Mar 2013 #15

Last Great Hope joseph abbott Nov 2012 #5

Yup. Secession was widely viewed as treason in the North. Adsos Letter Mar 2013 #16

Go reread the Gettysburg Address: that stuff mattered to people struggle4progress Dec 2012 #10

Fort Sumter? Democracyinkind Mar 2013 #14

The South vs. The South... Adsos Letter Jun 2013 #18

Freehling... Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #19

I agree. Adsos Letter Jun 2013 #20