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Something the confederates were blind to.

How so , Southern or's were well aware that the north would consider them traitors. Just as they considered them "worse than vandal horde's"."Our enemies are a traditionless and a homeless race; from the time of Cromwell to the present moment they have been disturbers of the peace of the world. Gathered together by Cromwell from the bogs and fens of the North of Ireland and of England, they commenced by disturbing the peace of their own country; they disturbed Holland, to which they fled, and they disturbed England on their return. They persecuted Catholics in England, and they hung Quakers and witches in America."

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How so , Southern or's were well aware that the north would consider them traitors. Just as they considered them "worse than vandal horde's"."

On the contrary, the south labored under their misconception that they actions were legal and did not consider their actions rebellion at all.