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Indeed his doctrine of State Rights excused the citizen and placed the sole responsibility on the State.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “Indeed his doctrine of State Rights excused the citizen and placed the sole responsibility on the State.”
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Boutwell discusses the implications of General Lee's doctrine of State Rights on individual responsibility during the Civil War.
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