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comradebillyboy

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1. At the end of the Civil War the Union sent huge

Reply to jgo (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 10:38 AM

Apr 2024

quantities of weapons and material to Mexico. The US Army shrunk from a peak of about 2,000,000 officers and men to about 50,000 so there were huge amounts of surplus war materials left over.

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At the end of the Civil War the Union sent huge comradebillyboy Apr 2024 #1