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* [[Schizo-Tech]]: ''The Guns of the South'' gets this on purpose.
* [[Shaming the Mob]]: One of Lee's most effective weapons against the Rivington men is [[Time Travel Tense Trouble|future historical documents]] that show how negatively the modern world views the South because of slavery, shattering the notion held by many slavery proponents that they would be [[Vindicated by History]].
** Happens more literally in one scene where a mob, egged on by a Rivington man, attempts to lynch a free black blacksmith for allegedly trying to 'take work away from white men' by charging lower prices (even though if he charged identical prices, he would potetnailly face lynching for 'thinking he was as good as a white man'). Lee comes upon the incident and [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|gives the men holy hell]], defusing the situation, though the Rivington men later try to use [[Manipulative Editing]] to make Lee look bad.▼
*** In that same scene Lee also points out the practical reasons for not supporting such behavior.
{{quote|'''Lee:''' Will they come for ''you'' next, sir, if they do not like your prices? Or you?
'''Rioter:''' What do ''you'' care about prices, you rich bastard?
'''Lee:''' Poor men should be even more afraid of lawlessness, for they are less able to live without law.}}
▲** Happens more literally in one scene where a mob, egged on by a Rivington man, attempts to lynch a free black blacksmith. Lee comes upon the incident and [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|gives the men holy hell]], defusing the situation, though the Rivington men later try to use [[Manipulative Editing]] to make Lee look bad.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Very much so, as Turtledove is quite the expert on the [[American Civil War]]. An appendix describes the history of the real 47th North Carolina Infantry, and the contemporary characters are mostly drawn from real people.
** Not to mention the fact that he calculated out the election results in the United States of the novel (1864; just after losing the Second American Revolution), and that of the Confederacy in 1867. ''And'' explains how he calculated it, state-by-state.
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