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The Border States in The War and Reconstruction

Research and Writing Needed for Southern History, Part 3. Mainstream history tells us that the Border Southern States were “Unionist” during the great conflict.  It is not true in the sense that is meant. The main factor in the matter was coercion by the U.S. Army. After the North won The War, it was easy to accept the idea of…
Clyde Wilson
October 21, 2026