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Old 04-12-10, 01:52 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Freiwillige View Post
They left the Union because it was their constitutional right. Many States still have that option..Texas is one of them!
Sorry, no. That's just an urban legend.

Even if Texas had the right to leave the United States (it didn't), it would have had to give that right up to re-join the Union after the war.
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