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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: steve harris who wrote (361908)12/9/2007 9:01:29 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1572939
 
How was it an American fort on foreign soil?

An American embassy in a foreign capital is considered American soil. Besides, the South decided to unilaterally secede against the wishes of the rest of the country. That didn't mean that northern troops in a southern fort were suddenly members of the Confederacy.
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