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I will not take this slander laying down. 20th Maine #1! Stand fast ye are the boys of Maine!
Hey now, I said largely, not exclusively!
Four of the most revered units of the Union were cornfield boys (Michigan Brigade, Iron Brigade, 1st Minnesota, Lightning Brigade). They don't get much, so we let them have this!
We are one and the same. Both major pro-union anti-slavery states that contributed hard to the Civil War, and also nowadays have way too many people flying the traitor flag.
This is Lemmy. You did not flawlessly consider all possibilities, and will now never recover