June 15th Mental Floss by Eric Johnson.
1. LINCOLN'S FIRST SOLUTION TO SLAVERY WAS A FIASCO-- he wanted to move them to Liberia in Africa.
2. HUNGRY LADIES EFFECTIVELY MUGGED JEFFERSON DAVIS-- In April 1863, women staged a protest in Richmond, Va., that became a mob and disorderly.
3. THE UNION USED HOT AIR BALLOONS AND SUBMARINES-- The Union Army Balloon Corps observed Confederate lines, and the north had a submarine called the Alligator that sank off Cape Hatteras.
4. "DIXIE" WAS ONLY A NORTHERN SONG-- Written by a northerner.
5. PAUL REVERE WAS AT GETTYSBURG-- Paul Revere's grandson, Paul Joseph Revere served as an officer and was mortally wounded July 3, 1863, at the battle.
6. MARK TWAIN FIRED ONE SHOT AND LEFT-- In his "Private History of a Campaign That Failed," he wrote of his short service in a Confederate militia unit. He soon left to head out west.
7. ARMIES WEREN'T ALL MALE-- hundreds of women served in the armies on boty sides, pulling a Mulan, assuming a male identity.
Stuff Most Folks Don't Know. --B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
