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What did secessionists believe?
Most people in the Confederacy in the Civil War believed that their cause was just. They were, for the most part, defending their way of life.
Who opposed Confederacy?
since the confederacy was the south. the confederacy was opposed by the north
Who is loreta velazquez what did she do?
She was disguised hershelf as a man and served as a spy on the confederacy side She was disguised hershelf as a man and served as a spy on the confederacy side She was disguised hershelf as a man and served as a spy on the confederacy side She was disguised hershelf as a man and served as a spy on the confederacy side
Did defeating the confederacy justify harming civilians?
No, all that defeating the confederacy did was rid the U.S. of slaves. (Mostly)
What city in Virginia was the capital of confederacy?
Richmond, Virginia was the second and final capital of the Confederacy, and also that states capital.
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