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with counsel like that

From the January 27, 1872 issue of Harper’s Weekly: THE KU-KLUX. WE give on this page an illustration, engraved from a photograph from life, showing three members of a band of Mississippi Ku-Klux, who are now under indictment in that … Continue reading

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time to swap horses

Compared to President Lincoln, “none if loyal, can be for the worse”, but General McClellan would make a fine president. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in October 1864: IMPORTANT LETTER FROM HON – REVERDY JOHNSON – MCCLELLAN THE … Continue reading

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Not Gonna Be Jeff Davis’ Chattels

From The New-York Times May 13, 1861: FROM KENTUCKY.; PLAIN AND SQUARE TALK FOR THE UNION AND THE GOVERNMENT KENTUCKY UNIONISTS GROWING BOLDER AND BOLDER LOYALTY TO THE UNION BEGINNING TO PREDOMINATE, NOT ONLY OVER SECESSION, BUT ALSO OVER “NEUTRALITY” … Continue reading

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