According to the article below, six of the most widespread myths about the civil war are:
1. The Civil War wasn't about slavery
2. The Union went to war to end slavery
3. Blacks fought for the confederacy
4. Pre-Civil War era was a low point for race relations
5. Civil War surgeons were butchers
6. A Civil War bullet impregnanted a Virginia woman
My favorite part about the article:
The myth that the war was not about slavery seems to be a self-protective one for many people, said Stan Deaton, the senior historian at the Georgia Historical Society.
"People think that somehow it demonizes their ancestors," to have fought for slavery, Deaton told LiveScience. But the people fighting at the time were very much aware of what was at stake, Deaton said.
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