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- noun Plural form of
Confederate .
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I say this because in 2002, he wrote a "news" article for The Washington Times regarding an incident in which a black mathematics professor named Jonathan Farley wrote a column for a Tennessee newspaper in which he called the Confederates "traitors," sparking a dispute with members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Barrett Brown: Palin biographer accuses me of planning anti-government violence Barrett Brown 2010
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I say this because in 2002, he wrote a "news" article for The Washington Times regarding an incident in which a black mathematics professor named Jonathan Farley wrote a column for a Tennessee newspaper in which he called the Confederates "traitors," sparking a dispute with members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Barrett Brown: Palin biographer accuses me of planning anti-government violence Barrett Brown 2010
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The destruction of the weak fleet of the Confederates is a small matter, but the opening up the way for General Burnside to attack in rear the army, which it was not thought advisable to assail in front, is an operation that makes a mark in the campaign.
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Also btw, the reason they kept talking about these folks as Confederates is because the folks fighting Cromwell were the Catholic Confederation.
#1688: “The Death of Blessed Terence Albert O’Brien” by C.P. Meehan « Maria Lectrix 2009
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Carolina, by the Confederates is one of the most startling events of a campaign which has presented a long succession of surprises.
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The story that Bâton Rouge had been recaptured by the Confederates is without foundation in fact.
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A considerable force of Confederates is assembled between Occoquan and
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The Federals set down their loss at eight; that of the Confederates is loosely estimated at a hundred.
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Confederates, is stationed at Bunker's Hill, a place seven miles south of Martinsburg.
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On the other, dressed mostly in grey, were the Confederates, from the southern states that had broken from the union.
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