The Dred Scott decision was the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person, Dred Scott, to his freedom. In essence, the decision argued that, as someone's property, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in a federal court.
General Robert E. Lee’s failure to defeat the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg. Lee ordered a retreat through Maryland over the Potomac River to relative safety in Virginia
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It murdered thousands of innocent people, turned into an illiberal mess of collectivist radicalism disguised as enlightenment, produced a military dictatorship, ended with complete and total military failure, and resulted in the Bourbon Monarchy being restored.
