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“If the cotton states wish to form an independent nation, they have a clear moral right to do so.”
- Horace Greeley, editorial, February 23, 1861, The New York Tribune
Five days earlier, Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States of America.
The Surrender of Nashville - An important rumor . . .
Interesting article about how some blacks from Green River country (Kentucky) took advantage of fleeing back home after Rebel troops impressed them to help with Donelson.
