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What if Lewis Powell's gun had fired?
09-09-2012, 03:52 PM
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RE: What if Lewis Powell's gun had fired?
Fort Sumter was a federal fort. It never was the property of South Carolina or the Confederacy. When it was fired upon, and when it surrendered, that was a clear act of rebellion to which Lincoln issued his initial call for troops. It was only after the war was lost, and the Lost Cause took hold, that it somehow became Lincoln's fault.

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RE: What if Lewis Powell's gun had fired? - Rob Wick - 09-09-2012 03:52 PM

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