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Tag: State of Dade

Holding a special edition of The Dade County Times which was published in the Confederate colors of blue and gray, announcing the return of Dade County to the Union, is Judge J.M.C. Townsend.
May 21, 2015 Border disputes / Civil War / Georgia

The persistent myth of ‘The State of Dade’

“If Georgia doesn’t vote to immediately secede from the Union, Dade County will secede from Georgia & become The Independent State of Dade!”

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