On Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at 3:24:17 PM UTC-6, Frank wrote:   
   > On Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:36:01 -0800, roamingdales wrote:   
   >    
   > > thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/on-this-day-in-us-history-repub   
   icans-freed.the-slaves   
   >    
   > The emancipation proclamation didn't free the slaves.  It took the US Army   
   to enforce it.  Several of the Union Generals were Democrats.   
   >    
   > The Democratic party split during the war.  One faction of the Democrats   
   wanted to maintain the Union and formed a coalition party with the Republicans   
   called the National Union party.  The other faction were Confederate   
   sympathizers who were called    
   the copperheads.   
   >    
   > There wasn't really much partisanship in the Confederacy.   
      
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