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  2. Copperhead (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Copperhead pamphlet from 1864 by Charles Chauncey Burr, a magazine editor from New York City [10]. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Copperheads nominally favored the Union and strongly opposed the war, about which they faulted abolitionists.

  3. Fort Sumter Flag - Wikipedia

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    The flag was lowered by Major Robert Anderson on April 13, 1861, when he surrendered Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, at the outset of the American Civil War. Anderson brought the flag to New York City for an April 20, 1861, patriotic rally, where it was flown from the equestrian statue of George Washington in Union Square.

  4. List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F

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    This is a complete alphabetical list (A to F) of Medal of Honor recipients during the Civil War. Many of the awards during the Civil War were for capturing or saving regimental flags. During the Civil War, regimental flags served as the rallying point for the unit, and guided the unit's movements. Loss of the flag could greatly disrupt a unit ...

  5. Flag of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    On February 11, 1861, the state adopted a flag with a pale yellow star in a red canton and thirteen blue, white, and red stripes. The first flag was used until the end of the Civil War. [3] The flag represented the 13 stripes of the U.S. flag, along with the red, white, and blue of the French tricolor and the yellow and red of the Spanish flag.

  6. List of Spanish flags - Wikipedia

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    Flag of the First Spanish Republic 1931–1939 Flag of the Second Spanish Republic: 1931–1939 Civil flag and ensign of the Second Spanish Republic 1936–1938 Flag of Spain (Nationalist faction) 1938–1945 Flag of Spain (Spain under Franco's Rule until his death in 1975, and the transition back to democracy under the monarchy) 1945–1977

  7. List of Mexican flags - Wikipedia

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    Cross of Burgundy flag used in New Spain from 1521 to 1821: 1810: Banner used by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1810: 1811–1812: Flag used from 1811 to 1812 by Regimiento de la muerte (Death Regiment) after Hidalgo's death in the Independence War: 1812: Flag used in 1812 by José María Morelos at the Independence War: 1815: Insurgents war flag ...

  8. 39th New York Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

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    This regiment was mustered (assembled) in New York City by the Union Defense Committee, under the leadership of Col. Frederick George D'Utassy by special authority from the War Department during the American Civil War. On May 27, 1861, they deployed to Washington D.C., having been authorized for a period of three years by New York State. [1] [2 ...

  9. Hispanics in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Hispanics in the American Civil War fought on both the Union and Confederate sides of the conflict. Not all the Hispanics who fought in the American Civil War were "Hispanic Americans" — in other words citizens of the United States. Many of them were Spanish subjects or nationals from countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America.