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minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·3 months agoThe Civil War?
minus-squaredellish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoReally? There was absolutely no French assistance there?
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYou’re thinking of the Revolutionary War. In the US Civil War, the Second French Empire was friendly towards the Confederates, not the Union.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoWell, they also lost that one.
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoDue to not punishing the traitors hard enough, we really only paused it.
minus-squareCuriousRefugee@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-23 months agoNortherners: The American Civil War Southerners: The War for States’ Rights Deep Southerners: The War of Northern Aggression Deep Deep Rednecks: North 1, South 0, HALFTIME!
minus-squarepiranhaconda@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI went to college, only about 10 years ago, somewhere where the redneck fraternity chanted “1, 2, 3 Robert E Lee! 3, 2, 1 South Shoulda Won!”
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI think this time it would be cheaper to just let them secede and pay relocation expenses for the remaining good people.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoThe confederates had indirect help from some other countries, but they didn’t win so… Yeah.
The Civil War?
Really? There was absolutely no French assistance there?
You’re thinking of the Revolutionary War. In the US Civil War, the Second French Empire was friendly towards the Confederates, not the Union.
Well, they also lost that one.
Due to not punishing the traitors hard enough, we really only paused it.
Northerners: The American Civil War
Southerners: The War for States’ Rights
Deep Southerners: The War of Northern Aggression
Deep Deep Rednecks: North 1, South 0, HALFTIME!
I went to college, only about 10 years ago, somewhere where the redneck fraternity chanted “1, 2, 3 Robert E Lee! 3, 2, 1 South Shoulda Won!”
I think this time it would be cheaper to just let them secede and pay relocation expenses for the remaining good people.
The confederates had indirect help from some other countries, but they didn’t win so… Yeah.