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George F. Hoar: “With his reply to Hayne, it has been said that every Union cannon in the late war was shotted.”

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With his reply to Hayne, it has been said that every Union cannon in the late war was shotted.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar references the significance of Webster's reply to Hayne, suggesting its powerful impact on the Union during the Civil War.

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