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Posted by /u/Majestic-Ad9647

According to historian Robert Orr, at the beginning of the Civil War, Andrew Johnson wanted East Tennessee to split off as a separate state to remain in the Union. Given that a similar effort succeeded in West Virginia, why did the same no…

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