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To: SampleMan
Study the timeline. The South fought south of the Potomac until Gettysburg.

OK, lets study the timeline.

Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania: - June/July 1863.

Lee's invasion of Maryland: September, 1862

Bragg's invasion of Kentucky: August, 1862

Polk invades Kentucky : September, 1861

Battle of Belmont Missouri: November, 1861

Battle of Boonville, Missouri: June, 1861

Battle of Cape Girardeau, Missouri: April, 1863

Battle of Carthage, Missouri: July, 1861

Battle of Glorieta Pass, New Mexico: March, 1862

Battle of Valverde, New Mexico: February, 1862

308 posted on 01/14/2014 10:50:47 AM PST by Ditto
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To: Ditto

I’ll give you the Maryland intrusion in Sept. 1862, although there was no goal of holding territory, but rather maneuvering against the Army of the Potomac (same with Gettysburg).

The PA invasion you list was the Gettysburg affair.

Kentucky and Missouri had strong factions fighting on both sides. We only think of them as Union states because the Union won.

Both Confederate and Union governments claimed ownership and territorial rights over New Mexico Territory, which isn’t surprising when you look at the demographics of who was settling there. Not a matter of the CSA claiming territory that was clearly Union, but rather a fight between confederates and unionists that lived there for control of their destiny.


311 posted on 01/14/2014 1:03:07 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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