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Here's What Happened to the Doctor Who Treated John Wilkes Booth's Broken Leg

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
April 14, 2024 Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was arrested in 1865 and pardoned in 1869.
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Did Lauren Boebert Ask Why Africans Immigrated to US 'If They Didn't Want To Be Slaves?'

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Dec. 28, 2023 A close reading of the username behind this question provides important context.
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Was Doc Who Treated Booth After Shooting Lincoln Arrested for Providing Care?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Dec. 4, 2023 Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, who set John Wilkes Booth's broken leg after he killed Lincoln, was arrested ...
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Some Civil War Soldiers' Wounds Glowed in the Dark?

Written by:
Jack Izzo
Oct. 26, 2023 As the story goes, they noticed their wounds emitting a so-called "angel's glow."
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Did Fugitive Black Slaves Use Secret Codes in Quilts on the Underground Railroad?

Written by:
Taija PerryCook
Oct. 19, 2023 Whitewashed romanticization of escape or unacknowledged oral history?
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Were Hush Puppies Fried Cornmeal Thrown by Escaping Slaves at Dogs to Prevent Tracking?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 14, 2023 This Southern side dish has many origin stories.
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Did Jimmy Carter Say Robert E. Lee Was 'Never Filled With Hatred'?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 16, 2023 He was not the first Democrat to praise the Confederate leader.
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The Origins of 'Taps'

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 28, 2008 An old rumor tells of how the "Taps" military bugle song supposedly originated from a compositio ...
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Jefferson Davis statue in Montgomery, Alabama

Did Congress Designate Confederate Soldiers as United States Veterans?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Aug. 24, 2017 Debates over monuments led to a rumor that Confederate soldiers are legally considered veterans ...
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Bill Gates made remarks about the future possibility of a civil war and a hung election, according to Forbes.

Did Bill Gates Say 'Hung Election and Civil War' Are Coming?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Oct. 3, 2022 According to Forbes, Gates said that "political polarization may bring it all to an end" and ref ...
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According to a 2014 Facebook post the origins of the musical notes in Taps had something to do with a Union Army captain finding the composition inside the pocket of his dead son who fought for the Confederacy.

'Taps' Did Not Originate the Way Viral Facebook Post Claims

Written by:
Jordan Liles
April 12, 2022 A post from 2014 about the supposed origins of the military melody known as "Taps" recently rece ...
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Did Robert Smalls Steal a Confederate Ship to Rescue Himself and Others from Slavery?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Aug. 21, 2018 A meme accurately recounts the life of a man born into slavery who stole a Confederate ship to r ...
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Lincoln and Lee's Views on Slavery

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Sept. 11, 2017 A meme widely circulated in the wake of a controversy over Confederate memorials does not accura ...
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The Post-Civil War Lives of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Aug. 22, 2017 A Tumblr post mischaracterizes the two Confederate leaders' positions after the Civil War.
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Donald Trump Praises Colonel Sanders for His Service in the Civil War?

Written by:
David Emery
May 22, 2017 A satirical web site reported that Trump called KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders "a tremendou ...
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Did a Trump Golf Course Commemorate a Civil War Battle That Never Happened?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
May 3, 2017 A historically inaccurate plaque on a Trump-owned golf course commemorates a Civil War battle al ...
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Andrew Jackson, by Thomas Sully, 1845, American painting, oil on canvas

President Trump: Andrew Jackson Could Have Prevented the Civil War

Written by:
David Emery
May 1, 2017 Does Trump's suggestion that Andrew Jackson could have stopped the Civil War have any basis in h ...
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