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  2. Opposition to the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Popular opposition to the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865, was widespread.Although there had been many attempts at compromise prior to the outbreak of war, there were those who felt it could still be ended peacefully or did not believe it should have occurred in the first place.

  3. Copperhead (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Copperhead pamphlet from 1864 by Charles Chauncey Burr, a magazine editor from New York City [10]. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Copperheads nominally favored the Union and strongly opposed the war, about which they faulted abolitionists.

  4. Confederate Conscription Acts 1862–1864 - Wikipedia

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    Resistance to impressment of food, draft evasion, desertion, latent unionism, and armed opposition to the Confederate government created a situation akin to a civil war within the civil war in some areas of the South. In those areas, anti-government "regulators" controlled whole counties and fought a partisan war

  5. List of military equipment used by Syrian opposition forces

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    Unknown quantity, captured during the Syrian Civil War. [28] AK-105 [5] 5.45×39mm: Assault rifle Russia: Seen in a video of Al-Jazeera where former members of the Syrian regieme were surrendering their weapons. AK-9: 9×39mm: Assault rifle Russia: Unknown quantity, captured during the Syrian Civil War. [28] FB Tantal: 5.45×39mm: Assault rifle ...

  6. Southern Democrats - Wikipedia

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    Before the American Civil War, Southern Democrats were mostly whites living in the South who believed in Jacksonian democracy. In the 19th century, they defended slavery in the United States and promoted its expansion into the Western United States against the Free Soil opposition in the Northern United States.

  7. 2024 Syrian opposition offensives - Wikipedia

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    This is the first time that opposition forces in the Syrian civil war launched a military offensive campaign since the March 2020 Idlib ceasefire. [48] [49] On 29 November 2024, HTS and later the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) entered Aleppo and captured most of the city, amid the collapse of pro-government forces.

  8. Opposition Party (Southern U.S.) - Wikipedia

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    The Opposition Party was a third party in the South in the years just before the American Civil War. ... This party ceased to exist after the onset of the Civil War, ...

  9. Opposition–Islamic State conflict during the Syrian civil war

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    Opposition–ISIL conflict during the Syrian Civil War started after fighting erupted between Syrian opposition groups and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). [26] In early January 2014, serious clashes between the groups erupted in the north of the country.