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chicagotim1 t1_iyouwid wrote

At first I noticed the obvious - Soldiers in the northern army were generally from the north; obvious.

Second glance - Look how important Lincoln's decision to allow northern border states to continue slavery in exchange for remaining in the Union was.

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windigo3 t1_iypx1lu wrote

That wasn’t incompetent. It was the only way to do it. Had Lincoln banned slavery in Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware, and Maryland on day 1, then all those regiments would have fought for the South. The confederates most likely would have won the war and slavery probably would have existed for many decades afterwards. Lincoln was a brilliant man.

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