What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning … - Bruce Catton

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Bruce Catton

What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg in 1863, Abraham Lincoln said perhaps more than he knew. The war was about a new birth of freedom.

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