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 Battle of Yorktown Begins (1862)The Battle of Yorktown took place during the Peninsular Campaign of the American Civil War, a major Union offensive aimed at capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. The battle began when Union forces, under the command of Major General George McClellan, encountered enemy troops near Yorktown. Though the Union forces initially vastly outnumbered the Confederate troops, they failed to exploit this advantage and instead laid siege to the city. Why? More...
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I don't remember this from my American History classes
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Is it because they were being led by idiots?
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America is not perfect. It took a bloody civil war to free over 4 million African Americans who lived enslaved. It took another hundred years after that before they achieved full equality under the law.
Marco Rubio
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I don't think full equality under the law has yet been achieved for African Americans, or the white poor, just yet.
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I wonder if war ever solved any problems?
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