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Category: Myths & Misunderstandings

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October 2, 2018 Myths and Misunderstandings

Myths & Misunderstandings: The Museum

Last year, comments on one of our Facebook posts sparked a larger conversation about recurring debates about the Civil War. We asked …

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January 9, 2018 John Coski Myths and Misunderstandings

Myths & Misunderstandings | The Confederate Flag

“Heritage, not Hate” is the familiar bumper sticker defense of the Confederate flag. It has evoked equally pithy responses, such as “Your …

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December 5, 2017 John Coski Myths and Misunderstandings

Myths & Misunderstandings | The Name of the War

Misunderstanding- “Civil War” is not the proper term for the American War of 1861-1865 Even in our contentious times, Americans from opposite …

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November 21, 2017 Sean Kane Myths and Misunderstandings

Myths & Misunderstandings | Grant as a slaveholder

Did Ulysses S. Grant own slaves during the Civil War? No, but it will come as a surprise to many people, that …

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November 7, 2017 John Coski Myths and Misunderstandings

Myths & Misunderstandings | Black Confederates

Myth: Thousands of enslaved and free African American soldiers fought for the Confederacy For several decades, the question of whether or not …

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October 12, 2017 Chris Graham Myths and Misunderstandings

Myths & Misunderstandings | Stonewall Jackson's Sunday School

In 1891 the pastor of Thomas Jonathan Jackson’s Lexington Presbyterian Church, William S. White, declared that the Virginia Military Institute professor had …

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October 4, 2017 Sean Kane Myths and Misunderstandings

Myths & Misunderstandings | Lee as a slaveholder

Earlier this summer, comments on one of our Facebook posts sparked a larger conversation about recurring debates about the Civil War. We …

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September 20, 2017 Adrian Brettle Myths and Misunderstandings

Myths & Misunderstandings: The North and Slavery

Earlier this summer, comments on one of our Facebook posts sparked a larger conversation about recurring debates about the Civil War. We …

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September 12, 2017 Kelly Hancock Myths and Misunderstandings

Myths & Misunderstandings: The Emancipation Proclamation

Earlier this summer, comments on one of our Facebook posts sparked a larger conversation about recurring debates about the Civil War. We …

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August 15, 2017 Tally Botzer Myths and Misunderstandings

Myths and Misunderstandings: Slavery in the United States

Earlier this summer, comments on one of our Facebook posts sparked a larger conversation about recurring debates about the Civil War. We …

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