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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Kind of going OT here, but one of my favourite US Civil War facts is that the south actually provided 100,000 troops for the Union with every state but South Carolina have official unionist organizations set up. I remember watching a little mini-documentary on the news several years ago about a family in the south who were proud confederate waving southerners that bragged about their family fighting for the south only to research it and discover that they actually fought for the Union. About 55,000 people from British North America also crossed the border and fought for the Union.
Also let's take Puerto Rico while we're at it.
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Oh, and Hawaii!!!
Should have read the remainder of the thread before posting I see.