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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WizardNYC, post: 4518656, member: 93698&quot;]On January 29, 1861 – a few months before the Civil War began – John Adams Dix, US Treasury Secretary, issued an order saying a Federal revenue cutter must not be allowed to fall into the hands of Southern sympathizers in New Orleans. He concluded the message with, “If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.”</p><p><br /></p><p>While a telegram bearing the message was stopped in Alabama, word got out and the line became a rallying cry in the North during the war.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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