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I Deserted...And The South Fell.
"I joined the Confederacy, served for two weeks, deserted, and the South fell"
-- Mark Twain
Mark Twain once commented:
"When the (civil) war broke out and commerce on the Mississippi River ceased, my occupation was gone. So I joined the Confederacy. I served for two weeks, and then deserted. The Confederacy fell."
page 176:
http://books.google.com/books?id=vXNfiadDwq0C&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=Mark+Twain+once+commented,+%22When+the+(civil)+war+broke+out+and+commerce+on+the+Mississippi+River+ceased,+my+occupation+was+gone.+So+I+joined+the+Confederacy.+I+served+for+two+weeks,+and+then+deserted.+The+Confederacy+fell.%22&source=bl&ots=YPoutB1us-&sig=TuygOlZu8y20jFtvLcMMPK0Fsyo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZYldUvveC-blyQH1-4DYBQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Mark%20Twain%20once%20commented%2C%20%22When%20the%20(civil)%20war%20broke%20out%20and%20commerce%20on%20the%20Mississippi%20River%20ceased%2C%20my%20occupation%20was%20gone.%20So%20I%20joined%20the%20Confederacy.%20I%20served%20for%20two%20weeks%2C%20and%20then%20deserted.%20The%20Confederacy%20fell.%22&f=false
via:
http://driftglass.blogspot.com/2013/10/i-desertedand-south-fell.html
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