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Quote by Salmon P. Chase

“States Rights died at Appomattox.”

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Salmon P. Chase was a distinguished American statesman and lawyer who served as the 6th Chief Justice of the United States and as the 15th Secretary of the Treasury under President Abraham Lincoln. A leading figure in the Civil War, he was instrumental in the establishment of the National Banking System. He was a U.S. Senator from Ohio and a prominent advocate for the Union cause. more

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Source: CIVIL WAR – Complete History of the War, Documents, Memoirs & Biographies of the Lead Commanders: Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant & William T. Sherman, Biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis & Robert E. Lee, The Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Presidential Orders & Actions

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