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There was a great mystery grove tweet that said something like leftists can’t decide if reconstruction was kumbaya and beautiful racial reconciliation or a draconian Bolshevik punishment on a conquered population. Fascinating history, Bagby is great as always.

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The corruption of the Reconstruction Military Occupation reminds me of things I have read about the Weimar Republic. Just evil.

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I’m buying this as soon as it’s available. There is a severe lack of literature about my home state before the civil rights era.

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It's nuts how historians completely gloss over the abuse that the South suffered at the hands of the North.

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I'll never forget the surrender letter from the Governor of N. Carolina. In it, it states that he is only surrendering his seat because the replacement seat was backed by the United States Government, and he was surrendering only under protest and not recognizing the the validity of the new government issued appointment, as it was not decided by the people of N. Carolina.

I learned the Southern "version" of history until I ironically, met my husband, whom was Yankee born, whom set me straight through conversation. We learned two separate versions of history in school.

Not surprising, to say the least, was the Southern version, written by the North in which we were taught that Lincoln was "the savior of the Union!", and not a corrupt murderous tyrant, to teach the South would never, and should never, try to leave the Union again.

It also taught Children, that it is illegal to leave again, but they *never* told us that Reconstruction was all done under *duress* to the South. Legally important.

Equally important, Brion McClanahan often says that if a State ascedes to the Union, it can always revoke it's membership by secession, regardless of what the Central government says.

Abbeville Institute is a great resource for Southern history, and also has an app. The talk with Mr. Bagby was very pleasant and appreciated.

http://www.ncrepublic.org/lib_surrenderletter.php

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