Tag: john day smith
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John Day Smith on Slavery as the Cause of the War
I’ve been sifting through Union and Confederate regimental histories for my Siege of Petersburg Online site, and I came across this candid observation, in 1909, from John Day Smith of the 19th Maine1: The Confederates had begun their preparations for arming the negroes in February and March, 1865. It was a measure adopted in their […]