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- ↑ Perman, Michael (June 29, 2005). "The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction (review)". Civil War History. 51 (1): 115–116. doi:10.1353/cwh.2005.0014. S2CID 143936362 – via Project MUSE.
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