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Arnold d.c replied to the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid.Nope, when he commanded the Department of California, Ord declared the Apache to be “vermin to be killed when met.” The most sympathetic... -
Arnold d.c replied to the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid.I think he did at an earlier chapter... ah, it was chapter 34 where he was defeated in a battle at Iuka. I always just assumed he was...
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Arnold d.c replied to the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid.You mean West Virginia separating itself from Virginia? It is already done; IIRC WV is called Kanawha now.
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Arnold d.c replied to the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid.IIRC the letters were written pre-war in the 1840s, when Davis was still a Mississippi Senator. The letters were discovered in August...
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Arnold d.c replied to the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid.You're right that most offenders don't have to deal with the secession question. Dealing with the perpetrators of mistreatment/massacre...
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Arnold d.c replied to the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid.It’s a solid policy, beats having to rely on merchants that will wring them dry and offer a chance to build wealth. That would...
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Arnold d.c replied to the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid.It's a possibility, but I expected one of the main figures of the Lost Cause to get his due.
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Arnold d.c replied to the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid.IIRC Kirby-Smith has already fled to Mexico, with his army practically mutinying to dissolve itself. The epilogue in 'Until Every Drop...
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Arnold d.c replied to the thread What if the U.S. pursued an inflationary fiscal policy in the 1870’s?.As I understand it, it was more than just that. The act basically implied that the U.S. was dropping the gold standard for bimetallism...
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Arnold d.c replied to the thread What if the U.S. pursued an inflationary fiscal policy in the 1870’s?.You raise a good point that I really had not thought of. Analyzing the impact is a bit tricky as the way their monetary system...
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Arnold d.c replied to the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid.Good update! We've seen the better conditions of the freedman vs. OTL building up in the ACW. Now, it's time to develop and actually...
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Chapter 2: We Are Bound for Freedom's Light Emancipation and Land Reform in the last months of the war and at the start of the Military... -
Arnold d.c replied to the thread What if the U.S. pursued an inflationary fiscal policy in the 1870’s?.The honest answer is that we don't know. I have not seen any serious attempts by economists to analyze the impact of the Inflation Bill...
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Arnold d.c replied to the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid.Chapter 1 already states that one hundred thousand soldiers were left for peacekeeping, which largely lines up with OTL. IOTL, more than...
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Arnold d.c replied to the thread AHC: Accelerate the Union conquest of Atlanta and march to the sea by a year.Let me turn the question around: when the Union armies in the west were clearly winning in 1862, capturing Nashville, Corinth and...