First Confiscation Act

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It seems The battle of Bull Run had far more reaching effect on the war than just militarily...

Charles Sumner famously said to his colleague: “Be tranquil . . . The battle & retreat [of Bull Run] have done much for the slave … I told the President that our defeat was the worst event and the best event … the best as it made the extinction of slavery almost inevitable1.

Trumbull one of the forgotten statesmen during the war...

First Confiscation Act was introduced by a senator from Illinois named Lyman Trumbull in August 18611
 

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It seems The battle of Bull Run had far more reaching effect on the war than just militarily...

Charles Sumner famously said to his colleague: “Be tranquil . . . The battle & retreat [of Bull Run] have done much for the slave … I told the President that our defeat was the worst event and the best event … the best as it made the extinction of slavery almost inevitable1.

Trumbull one of the forgotten statesmen during the war...

First Confiscation Act was introduced by a senator from Illinois named Lyman Trumbull in August 18611
Again, it is not necessary to crop out sections of the article in the OP and re-post here with your own editing and emphasis added.
 

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Again, it is not necessary to crop out sections
No, it is important bring out an observations that may be overlook by some.... I like Trumbull...

Did you know the battle of Bull Run effect future legislation? Now everyone knows...
 

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No, it is important bring out an observations that may be overlook by some.... I like Trumbull...

Did you know the battle of Bull Run effect future legislation? Now everyone knows...
Lyman Trumbull is an important character, all right. He pulled Lincoln into the spotlight, helped re-write the Constitution, founding member of the new Republican party...and there's more!
 

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Lyman Trumbull is an important character, all right. He pulled Lincoln into the spotlight, helped re-write the Constitution, founding member of the new Republican party...and there's more!
He is rightly held in high esteem here in Illinois, though I understand folks back in his day considered him a royal pain in the ass. Here is an article from one of my favorite Lincoln sites.
 

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A gifted hair-splitter! Love that - the article writer couldn't have been more right. We need to study Trumbull as well as Madison if we want to understand our Constitution.
 
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