Tom Firey: Was The Civil War Avoidable?

Herald Mail Media - opinion, The Herald-Mail: Opinion
Tue, 04/21/2015 - 8:45pm

One hundred fifty years ago this month, Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Union troops at Appomattox, Va., and Joseph E. Johnston and the remnants of the armies of Souther

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