Off-topic Re: is texas south?

[Fred Shapiro]

On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, A. Vine wrote:

> OK, Derrick, your Texas history is a little different from mine.  As far as I
> know, Texas as a state did not secede.  There were soldiers who fought for the
> Confederates.  There were also Union supporters.

Are you saying that Texas was not part of the Confederacy??

Fred Shapiro


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