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Soldier Socks and Slavery Policy in Wartime
The piece reflects a Civil War era voice recalling troops, field battles, and knitted socks by a reader, alongside excerpts from Cameron’s wartime policy on enslaved people in the South. It discusses the fate of enslaved workers, the Union's aims to recover property and assert authority, and calls for vigilance over rail bridges and arsenals in the North while noting spy networks and Confederate threats.
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Cameron
South
Beaufort
South Carolina
United States
Tio
Senate
Telos
Congress
Warco Tiem
Tenpessee
Ohio
Knight of the Golden Circle
Cin, Com
Wallen
Comelland
Navy Yards
Atlantic
Gatormont
Virginia
Cape Florida
Florida
Rio Grande
Mervile
Potomac
Athantic
Golds Borough
Dupont
Stringhaa Baying
MeKem Muce
Mervine
Gulf
Charleston
Savannah
Dupwt
Barnard
Rit Couste
Te Hatteras
Port Royal
Vinnah
Suriter
Maxon
Slidell
Wilkes
Northern
Porte
Sts Louis
Brooklyn
Wyandot
Pensacola
Pocahontas
Powhattan
Earth
Richmond
Esquehanna
Inoquois
Suditerraneas
Iton
Portamouth
Mohican
Mystic
Basuter
Brazil
John
Hartford
Braxi
Taborers Thareon
Renels
Avery
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Col. Forney
Washington
Philadelphia
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Jowergents
Wall
Thaddeus
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Wanuthorox
George B. Me
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District of
Colombia
William Jr. Seward
Secretary of the Treasury
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