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?
25 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?
