• Historical
• Abraham Lincoln
• Civil War (American)

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President Lincoln has been all but deified in America, with a god-like giant statue at a Parthenon-like memorial in Washington. Generations of school children have been indoctrinated with the story that “Honest Abe” Lincoln is a national hero who saved the Union and fought a noble war to end slavery, and that the “evil” Southern states seceded from the Union to protect slavery. This is the Yankee myth of history, written and promulgated by Northerners, and it is a complete falsity.

Read more: The Terrible Truth About Abraham Lincoln And The Confederate War

• Historical
• Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln an unscrupulous lawyer? That was one of the charges made against him in his senatorial race against Steven Douglas and later again in his run for the presidency. Lincoln, so it was claimed, had altered the almanac used so successfully in his most famous trial - a murder trial in 1858. It was a serious charge against anyone but especially against a man well known for his integrity.

Read more: Abraham Lincoln And The Case Of The Altered Almanac

• Historical
• Abraham Lincoln
• Paranormal Activity

The release of the movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter had us fact-checking about any real-life connections between U.S. presidents and the undead. We dug one up, involving Lincoln’s hand-picked successor–and an alleged presidential vampire pardon.

Read more: Abraham Lincoln's Real Life Vampire Connection

• Historical
• Civil War (American)

There is an old trunk on display in Washington, GA. There are many legends… In 1902, the trunk was found in the basement of the bank in Washington, the building where Jefferson Davis held the last meeting of the Confederate Cabinet. In 1928, it was donated to the library where it was put on public display. In 1948, a renowned locksmith from Atlanta came to open the trunk. Legend has it that this trunk once held the missing Confederate gold. He found one coin – a Federal nickel.

Read more: What Happened To The Lost Confederate Gold?

• Current Politics
• Historical
• Hillary Clinton
• Abraham Lincoln

Many a Bernie supporter has asserted that Hillary Clinton is stealing the Democratic nomination. They are right. And the conspiracy goes back even farther than they think. The machinations to make Hillary Clinton President started in the early 1860s, and the mastermind was none other than Abraham Lincoln. He would have liked to make his own wife, Mary Todd, the first woman President, but then he realized that women could not even vote. Thus, his devious plan b.

Read more: Abraham Lincoln And The Conspiracy To Make Hillary Clinton President

• Historical
• Civil War (American)

All his life, Thomas Jackson, the American Civil War Confederate General, wrestled with the moral dilemma that slavery posed. As his wife, Anna, wrote "before the war, 'Stonewall' had preferred that the negroes should go free". Although he owned slaves, most were old and unfit to work. Many had begged Jackson to purchase them. For his mastership was a welcome alternative to a life of starving that was their fate otherwise.

Read more: The Murder Of Stonewall Jackson: The Confederacy's Best Kept Secret