21 August 2018 A meme accurately recounts the life of a man born into slavery who stole a Confederate ship to rescue fellow slaves, became a war hero, and got elected to the U.S. Congress.
5 June 2018 An opinion piece arguing that the United States is in the midst of a Civil War was incorrectly attributed to a veteran and emeritus professor at Eastern Michigan University.
11 September 2017 A meme widely circulated in the wake of a controversy over Confederate memorials does not accurately reflect Abraham Lincoln's and Robert E. Lee's views on slavery and the Civil War.
5 September 2017 Did 620,000 die in a noble quest to save the union? Or was the “War Between the States” fought to limit federal power, with slavery playing a lesser part?
3 September 2017 Was the “War Between the States” a gallant crusade to limit federal power, with slavery playing a lesser part, as Southerners insisted?
24 August 2017 Debates over monuments led to a rumor that Confederate soldiers are legally considered veterans of the United States military.
22 August 2017 A Tumblr post mischaracterizes the two Confederate leaders' positions after the Civil War.
22 August 2017 Civil War lessons often depend on the classroom, with schools presenting accounts of the conflict that vary from state to state and district to district.
22 May 2017 A satirical web site reported that Trump called KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders "a tremendous Civil War hero."
3 May 2017 A historically inaccurate plaque on a Trump-owned golf course commemorates a Civil War battle along the banks of the Potomac that never took place.
1 May 2017 Does Trump's suggestion that Andrew Jackson could have stopped the Civil War have any basis in history?
