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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Take a few minutes to hear from a man who fought in the Civil War as a 16 year old boy for the 26th Virginia Cavalry.

https://youtu.be/IBMcYCb9NDA

He wasn't old enough or educated enough to even realize slavery was one of the causes of the war. At the end of the video he blames the wealthy/politicians for getting them into it, and celebrates the end of slavery.

[–] Quadhammer 0 points 11 months ago

Makes you wonder what his story would have been if the south had won