The Confederacy Declares

Five Confederate veterans huddled around a radio in Soldiers' Home, Atlanta, Ga., listening to the news. White-haired Major General Henry Taylor Dowling, who had fought with the First Florida Infantry, sat stiffly erect and announced: "The Georgia Division of the United Confederate Veterans is at war with Japan." Four nonagenarian heads nodded in fierce agreement.

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