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Did Andrew Johnson fight in the civil war?

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No, Andrew Johnson did not fight in the Civil War. He was a senator from Tennessee, and the only southern senator to stay faithful to the Union. He would become the military governor of Union controlled Tennessee in 1862 but was a civilian.

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