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 | | They just wanted to exercise an implied constitutional right that was the states created the Union and so could dissolve it) settled nothing except that a highly industrial population of 20 million persons could defeat a largely agricultural society of 11 million. | | | The basic question of States versus Federal power was never settled and the argument has come up again as Conservatives and Libertarians try to take back the country from the central government and return it to the people | | | As Rush Limbaugh always saids "Follow the money" and you will find out the major cause of the war was tariffs supported by the industrial Northern states to protect it's industries from countries such as Great Britain. |
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http://www.outdoorsunlimited.net/~jpic/csapage.htm
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| | Southern Messenger – CSA (Confederate States of America), War Between the States |
| | After having failed an attempt to find oil in the state where he used warfare by blood and fire, he took up a job as government agent on the Yakima Indian Reservation near Olympia, Washington, until his death in 1890. | | | It's interesting to speculate whether, almost 100 years before Sputnik, a satellite marked with the initials of the Confederate States of America might have been launched into orbit. | | | When Texas seceded from the U.S., Benavides and his brothers supported the Confederacy, whose state’s rights principles were close to theirs. |
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http://www.southernmessenger.org/csa_page.htm
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| | Confederacy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | On Feb. 4, 1861, delegates from these states (except the Texans, who were delayed) met at Montgomery, Ala., and organized a provisional government. | | | Davis and Stephens had been chosen without opposition to head it. | | | Their extreme states’ rights views represented a logical development of the theory that had led the Southern states to secede, but their insistence on maintaining these views at a time when unity was imperative was an added factor in the Confederate defeat. |
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| | Confederate States of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The five tribal governments of the Indian Territory—which became Oklahoma in 1907—also mainly supported the Confederacy. | | | Kentucky was a border state during the American Civil War and, for a time, had two state governments, one supporting the Confederacy and one supporting the Union. | | | Confederate States of America: Heads of State: 1861-1865 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America
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| | Confederate States of America |
| | This is not a forum for Liberals and Scalawags, nor anyone full of hate. | | | Notice: Microsoft has no responsibility for the content featured in this group. | | | The Confederate States of America MSN Group is very politically INcorrect. |
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http://groups.msn.com/ConfederateStatesofAmerica
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| | Confederate States of America |
| | Confederate Philately with over 10,000 references is one of the most extensively documented in philately, without the index you can't find what is in your own library. | | | Charlottesville, Virginia: Handstamped Postal Markings 1845-1870 A 10 page article in the 1982 APC book. | | | Livingston, A Confederate State Postmaster Provisional, CRL, 1985, $22.50 |
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| | Constitution of the Confederate States of America - 2003 |
| | All political power is inherent in the People, and all Governments exist by the will of the people. | | | Treason against the Confederate States shall consist in levying war against.the States and the People, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort, or in engaging in fraud or duress undermining a fair and free election, or in actively violating the rights of sovereign freemen under this Constitution. | | | The people of the Confederate States, the several States, and any Government under them, retain the right of altering, reforming, or abolishing their Government in any manner they believe proper, at any time. |
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http://www.newconfederacy.com/confedcn.htm
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| | The Confederate States of America |
| | A very detailed article from the Southern Historical Society Papers about the whole issue of prisoners of war. | | | This provides a list of the Confederate generals who were killed in action or died of wounds as a result of that action. | | | From the Southern Historical Society Papers this is an address from the Confederate Congress to the people of the Confederate States. |
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http://www.civilwarhome.com/csa.htm
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| | Confederate States, Civil War Regimental Histories, Directory |
| | Civil War Web Rings [Groups of web sites, linked together by common content] | | | Addresses to Request Information [State archives referral list] [National and state archives] | | | Civil War Units File - Researchers and others interested in particular regiments [CSA National, & States A-M][CSA, States N-V] [USA National, & States A-I] [USA, States K-N] [USA, States O-W] [CW Units - FAQs] |
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http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/confeds.html
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| | The Avalon Project : Confederate States of America |
| | A Resolution for the Appointment of Commissioners to the Government of the United States of America; February 15, 1861 | | | Inaugural Address of the President of the Provisional Government; February 18, 1861. | | | Constitution of the Confederate States of America; March 11, 1861 |
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http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/csa/csapage.htm
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| | C.S.A. - The Confederate States of America |
| | The C.S.A. is officially declared a Christian nation, but only after rancorous debate ending in an acknowledgment that Catholicism is a Christian religion, too. | | | In the real world he was referring to communism; in this film he’s an anti-slavery candidate who is martyred for his abolitionist views. | | | Which brings us to one of the cleverest things about “C.S.A.”: the sly way in which it makes its case that in many regards the South did win the Civil War, if not on the battlefield then in its lingering influence on the American psyche and politics. |
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http://www.screenland.com/theatre/csa.html
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| | Confederate States of America |
| | The Confederate States of America (also Confederacy), was name adopted by the federation of 11 slaveholding Southern states of the United States that seceded from the Union and were arrayed against the national government during the American Civil War. | | | President James Buchanan, in the last days of his administration, declared that the federal government would not forcibly prevent the secessions. | | | The number of states in the Confederacy was increased to 11 by the secession of Virginia in April and of Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina in May. The provisional Confederate Congress, which had met for four sessions between February 4, 1861 and February 17, 1862, was replaced by a permanent legislature on February 18, 1862. |
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http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/civwar/confed.html
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| | The Confederate States of America |
| | Confederate States of America - Confederate States of America: see Confederacy. | | | C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (3 out of 5 stars). | | | A History of the Confederate States of America") |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0194016.html
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| | Confederate States of America. Post-Office Dept. Instructions to Post Masters. |
| | To continue in force certain laws of the United States of America. | | | Post Masters who have not yet reported their names, with the name of their offices, county and State, and the number of the route on which their office is located, in order to enable this Department to forward to them their appointments, will do so immediately, otherwise their offices will have to be discontinued. | | | Be it further enacted, That the endorsement by a member of Congress of his name on newspapers or other printed matter sent by him through the mail, shall not, by reason of such endorsement, subject him to letter or other increase of postage. |
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| | Marcus Joseph Wright, Brigadier General, Confederate States of America |
| | "He was born at Purdy, Tennessee, and had practiced law in that State. | | | Marcus Joseph Wright, aged 91, who held the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, died December 27, 1922 at his home in Washington, D.C. He was the author of a number of histories and memoirs of the South. | | | He was one of the foremost writers on the Confederate side of the Civil War, and had contributed fifty sketches of Southern commanders to Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. |
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http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/mjwright.htm
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| | C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004) |
| | The Producer and Director of CSA were there to briefly discuss the film. | | | I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it | | | Sadly, it was held at the Blue Note, which is a fantastic venue for watching bands, but not for screening films. |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389828
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| | The Civil War . The War . Maps . The Confederate States of America PBS |
| | The Confederate States of America: South Carolina led the way out of the Union on December 20, 1860, and by March 1861, six more states, outraged over Lincoln's election to the presidency and emboldened by South Carolina's example, also seceded: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. | | | After the bombardment of Fort Sumter and Lincoln's call for troops to put down the rebellion in April, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina followed suit, bringing the number of states in the new Confederacy to eleven. |
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| | Joseph Wheeler, Lieutenant General, Confederate States of America |
| | He was promoted to Brigadier General, CSA, at the end of October. | | | , Colonel, United States Army, is buried with him in Arlington National Cemetery. | | | He was mustered out of the volunteer service and was appointed Brigadier General, United States Army in June 1900. |
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http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jwheeler.htm
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| | University of Oklahoma College of Law: A Chronology of US Historical Documents: The CSA Constitution |
| | Permission to use this document for non-profit purposes is hereby granted. | | | University of Oklahoma College of Law: A Chronology of US Historical Documents: The CSA Constitution | | | Although this document has been checked against an authoritative source (Laws of Texas: General, Special, and Constitutions (State of Texas), 1854-1861, 1898), there are no warranties, expressed or implied, as to its absolute accuracy or suitability to any task. |
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http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/csaconstitution/index.shtml
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| | Confederate States of America government |
| | Note: The states making up the Confederate States of America previously seceded from the United States; the secession of Missouri (31 Oct 1861) and Kentucky (20 Nov 1861) affected only geographic parts of those states. | | | 8 Feb 1861 Confederate States of America founded by Alabama, Florida, | | | 4 Feb 1861 Congress of the secessionist states convenes in Montgomery, |
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| | The Confederate Site Of America |
| | An online game where you can try piloting the famous Confederate submarine. |
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http://members.aol.com/awill84810/csa.htm
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