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Topic: Historians who make stupid mistakes

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Date Posted: 9/16/2020 1:40 PM ET
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I recently finished reading Raiders and Blockaders : The American Civil War Afloat by Still, Taylor and Delaney. It is a more...
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I decided only to mention the Microsoft Windows 10 news staff when they make a really big and stupid mistake. However, I saw one today which riled me. They had a listing of the 25 Top Patriotic Movies. One was Flags of Our Fathers and is bas more...
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Note: The following mistake was not made by an historian. Thank God. I read across a wi more...
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It has been awhile since I have ranted over historical mistakes in a b more...
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In The Immortal Irishman, the author states Confederate G more...
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