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Jack Valentino

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16. Indeed--- the Confederate 'seditionests' were the southern politicians
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 10:54 PM
Dec 2025

who stayed home... and stayed out of the Confederate armies....
(along with the voters who supported them but likewise did not fight)

(just my off the cuff interpretation here,
but there are very likely many great arguments
that they WERE guilty of treason,
even if they didn't personally pick up a rifle---
they certainly DID give 'aid and comfort to the enemy')




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