<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/27c6aef3-5f9e-49d4-9fb7-4e1491a7cff7/4C59E29A-97D4-41EF-90EC-A98CE7E4B382/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html" href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cnn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html">Seven Civil War stories your teacher never told you</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html"><P><B>1. Lincoln's first solution to slavery was a fiasco</B></P><P> Early in his presidency, Abe was convinced that white Americans would never accept black Americans. "You and we are different races," the president told a committee of "colored" leaders in August 1862. "...But for your race among us there could not be war...It is better for us both, therefore, to be separated." </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html"><P></p> <DIV class="cnnStoryPhotoBox"><DIV class="cnnImgChngr" id="cnnImgChngr"><IMG height="219" border="0" width="292" alt=""Dixie" was was a huge hit across the country and quickly became one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite tunes." src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/art.lincoln.gi.jpg" /><DIV class="cnnStoryPhotoCaptionBox"><DIV class="cnn3pxTB9pxLRPad"><P>"Dixie" was was a huge hit across the country and quickly became one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite tunes.</P></DIV></DIV><DIV class="cnnWireBoxFooter"><IMG height="4" width="4" alt="" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" /> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <P> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html">2. Hungry ladies effectively mugged Jefferson Davis</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html">They overturned carts, smashed windows, and drew out Governor John Letcher and President <A class="cnnInlineTopic" href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Jefferson_Davis">Jefferson Davis</A>. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html">3. The Union used hot air balloons and submarines</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html">4. "Dixie" was only a northern song</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html">5. Paul Revere was at Gettysburg</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html">He was posthumously promoted again to Brigadier General, and is buried in Cambridge, Massachusetts.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html">6. Mark Twain fired one shot and then left</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/12/mf.civil.war/index.html">7. 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