Did you know that there were actually 2 civil wars in the US?
@DocAndersen (54399)
United States
February 12, 2020 1:49pm CST
the first one happened 30 years before the second. There was a dispute between the Mormons led by Brigham Young and others in the State of Michigan. There was a disputed gubernatorial election.
From there well all heck broke loose.
The Mormons owned and were living in the northern part of Michigan and many of them lived on an island in Lake Michigan.
The picture is from that island. Beaver Island Michigan!
Sometimes history forgets things...
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
12 Feb 20
It is not history that forgets but schools that don't have time to teach history as they are too busy teaching for tests-- certainly NOT the teacher's fault!
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
12 Feb 20
it is a bit worrisome to teach for tests, but you lose funding if you fall below the line.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
12 Feb 20
@topffer history is always written by the victors!
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
12 Feb 20
it is an interesting bit of history trivia!
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@LadyDuck (502800)
• Italy
13 Feb 20
@DocAndersen When we studied American History in school only the second was called "Civil War".
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
13 Feb 20
@LadyDuck sadly history books are more often wrong than we would like. It is listed in the many books used in college-level US History here now, that there were two!
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
13 Feb 20
the first one is also called a civil war but is often forgotten!
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
12 Feb 20
happy to provide the information, thanks!
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
15 Feb 20
the first one, was very short and very small
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@mrki444 (15162)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
15 Feb 20
@DocAndersen This is why is not probably so much present in books.
@samysotelo18 (7743)
• Mexico
12 Feb 20
I didin't know about that, I wonder what else do they not tell us
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
12 Feb 20
i am sure they skipped many things.
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@JudyEv (382483)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Feb 20
I read of a woman who went looking for a story for 'Black History Month' and discovered Maine had had a lot of slaves at one time, about which she'd known absolutely nothing.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Feb 20
There have been a number of clashes with the Mormons.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
12 Feb 20
yes there has, in particular, this was the first time they openly rebelled. They ended up leaving Michigan and heading west!
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@LindaOHio (222806)
• United States
12 Feb 20
I knew the Mormons had problems just about everywhere they went; but I hadn't heard about this.
@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
13 Feb 20
No, I didn't know. I knew they traveled to Utah, and maybe this was why.
@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
13 Feb 20
They were not discussed in world history lessons.
