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Yes. If Maryland had voted Confederate, Washington D.C. would have been totally surrounded by rebel states. He had to jail pro-Confederate politicians in Maryland to keep it onside.

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Yes. If Maryland had voted Confederate, Washington D.C. would have been totally surrounded by rebel states. He had to jail pro-Confederate politicians in Maryland to keep it onside.


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