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why did a project with confederate flags just sell out? how is this acceptable?

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2021-11-21

When the Army was surrendered to General William T. Sherman by its final commander, Joseph Johnston, on April 26, 1865, it became the last major field command of the confederate army to surrender.

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2021-11-20

The Siege of Knoxville, TN began in 1863 when General Ambrose Burnside’s Army of the Ohio took up defensive positions inside the city, which confederate James Longstreet then surrounded with his veteran corps.

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2021-11-17

The engagement was part of Longstreet’s Knoxville Campaign, his only independent command during the war. Intended to occupy Knoxville’s rail junction as a means of connecting the confederate armies in the East and West, it failed when Longstreet could not dislodge Burnside.

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2021-11-16

Special edition

Confederate States of America (1865)
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Mordor
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Confederate States of Mordor:

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2021-11-14

On this day in 1861, the United States risks war with Great Britain as a boarding party from an American warship removes Confederate diplomats from the Royal Mail Ship Trent. London responds by sending troops to Canada.

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2021-11-08

The strategy worked. Most of the confederate cannon were disabled, leading Drayton to order the forts evacuated. Landing parties occupied the forts and raised the U.S. flag. It was a relatively bloodless operation given its size, with only 19 combined men killed on both sides.

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2021-11-08

Tomen

Confederados X México

¿Toxico el usamex? Weyes ¿les suena esto? es peor que chernobyl, y me gusta👌
Este coso se une a mis dibujos favoritos🧐

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2021-11-05

During the Forrest fought against the United States, commanding confederate cavalry in the western theater. He was responsible for the infamous Fort Pillow massacre, in which his men murdered hundreds of unarmed, surrendering Black soldiers of the .

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2021-10-30

On this day in 1864, Confederate raiders riding out of Canada rob a bank in St. Albans, Vermont. It's the northernmost land action of the U.S. Civil War. Here's the story: https://t.co/o8KsI0sD2d

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2021-10-19

Leonidas Polk, commanding Bragg’s right wing, ordered his men forward mid-afternoon. After an initial standstill and heavy casualties on both sides, the U.S. line began to give way. They re-grouped at a series of hills and ridges, eventually halting the confederate advance.

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2021-10-08

Gen. Solomon Meredith, who commanded the famed Iron Brigade at , where he was wounded after his men launched a furious attack to halt the confederate advance at Seminary Ridge, died in 1875. He was 65 years old, and was buried in Cambridge City, IN.

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2021-10-03

Warren’s initial attack, led by General Charles Griffin’s division, was successful, capturing Fort Archer before Warren ordered a halt to regroup. Confederate counterattacks followed for much of the next two days, but the U.S. held the position and extended their siege lines.

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2021-09-30

The opening engagement of the Battle of Chickamauga took place in 1863, as the U.S. Army of the Cumberland under General William Rosecrans and the confederate Army of Tennessee under Braxton Bragg approached each other in northwest Georgia.

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2021-09-19

The Battle of Munfordville, KY, fought as part of Braxton Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky, ended in 1862. A force of over 4,000 men under Colonel James Wilder surrendered to a much larger confederate force after a three day siege.

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2021-09-18

Not confederate. The car is called the El Shabazz not the General Lee. Different kind of X… And the Knight Rider stuff is a few seasons down the road😎

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2021-09-16

The Second Battle of Sabine Pass, TX was fought in 1863. It should have been an easy U.S. victory as they vastly outnumbered and outgunned the defending confederate force, but instead it became the most lopsided confederate victory of the .

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2021-09-09

Jesse James, the notorious western outlaw, was born in 1847. Before his criminal career, James served in several confederate guerrilla bands during the and participated in two of its most infamous war crimes, the Centralia Massacre and Quantrill’s Lawrence Raid.

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2021-09-06

This artist may have studied art with the granddaughter of a Confederate General. It’s likely she knew Woodrow Wilson. She probably illustrated well into her 70’s.

Then again, maybe not…

This is our post on the mysterious Margaret Jervis. https://t.co/YWTzB4hmHB

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2021-09-05