California In The War For Southern Independence

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The designer of the State Seal of California became a Confederate officer?

The majority of the founding fathers of California as a state became Confederates?

Southern California nearly seceded in 1860, a year before South Carolina?

The Californios (Mexicans of California) from before the US annexation of 1848 were largely Confederate in sympathy?

Many well-known cities of California were founded by Confederates?

A great number of Union soldiers and sailors, much needed in the East, were tied down in California to suppress the vociferous anti-union press, put down constant insurrections and riots, and chase numerous bands of Confederate partisans and guerrillas?

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