#145- Shelby Foote's The Civil War Part 1
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Do You Have a Nation?
The government of the union was dominated by virginians, really up to about lincoln. This is the federalist debate. Most of the people live in the north. They didn't like it. If they'd had a standing army, most of it would have gone south. There's another reason for the statues, by the way, dear listener. Another reason for the statutes and the names of all the forts down there is because in in the wars that the united states fights, the south has provided the bulk of the soldiers,. even to the present day.
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