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• shadowgovt 2y ago
  I wonder from time-to-time how many Richmonders realize that the Union didn't burn down the town; the Confederacy did to deprive the Union of the munitions stores. Richmonders were trying to put the fire out because, well, it was destroying their homes. Portions of the city that were razed weren't rebuilt until into the Nineties (the 1990s). But somehow, a mythology clings on that the Union were the problem, not the people carrying the torches.
• hydrogen7800 2y ago
  Key difference: Denazification was imposed on Germany from the Allies. There was no such force during reconstruction.
  • vkou 2y ago
    Half the purpose of reconstruction was purging Confederates from any position of political influence. Unfortunately, a campaign of terrorism that culminated in the crooked compromise of 1877 brought an end to that.
• marcusverus 2y ago
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