Threaten?
"Sometimes the confederate states went on the attack, and sent troops north in order to threaten the states in the Union in order to try persuade the Union to give up on the war."
By threaten, I get that they didn't actually attack them, but instead just tried to scare them, but since it says "went on the attack" doesn't it mean they actualy attackdd them?
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By threaten, I get that they didn't actually attack them, but instead just tried to scare them, but since it says "went on the attack" doesn't it mean they actualy attackdd them? I see your problem. The sentence is poorly written, not least because of the double "in order to".
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By threaten, I get that they didn't actually attack them, but instead just tried to scare them, but since it says "went on the attack" doesn't it mean they actualy attackdd them?
I see your problem. The sentence is poorly written, not least because of the double "in order to". The Confederates (note the capital "C") did indeed attack at Gettysburg, Pen
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