A Confederate General Proposed Freeing Slaves to Serve in the Southern Army
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After Confederate forces suffered a serious defeat at Missionary Ridge in 1863, Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne became convinced that the army could not beat the federals without additional troops—more than the white population of the South could supply. His solution was controversial.
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