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Old 01-08-13, 04:38 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen View Post
Lincoln was a student of history. He understood that the American Revolution was ultimate successful due to foreign recognition. He also understood that the only real way the south could win that war was through the same. It was the big, looming concern for the early part of that war.
That damn blockade, if not for that we would still be whistling "Dixie".
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