… was, well, post civil war, the Civil War officers who were banned, they were not always prosecuted for insurrection. That's true. But I will say this, and it varied, but There was zero dispute that an insurrection had occurred [during the Civil War]. The predicate, you want to know what an insurrection is? Well, the Civil War lasted four years, and 600,000 Americans were killed. That's an insurrection? (20:03–20:15)
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Asserts that there was no dispute that an insurrection occurred during the Civil War.
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