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FakeCivilWar

  1. Based on the terrible poetry he wrote, pretty sure Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens was a cutter.
  2. @UselessDave "He's done splitting rails--this time, HE'S SPLITTING HEADS!!!!"
  3. @UselessDave "This ends--NOW." twitter.com/FakeCivilWar/s…
  4. The correct term for a group of Confederates was a "gaggle"; a group of Unionists, a "rookery."
  5. Quote of the Day: "Finally! I can go back to work at that sweatshop!" --Union private at news of Lee's surrender
  6. "Hey Johnny, what are you rebelling against?" "Whaddaya got?....But mostly I just want to own people."
  7. Soldiers were incredibly superstitious, regarding the number 7, broken mirrors and getting shot in the face to be bad luck signs.
  8. Unsophisticated time travel techniques during the Civil War mainly involved sending entire Southern cities back to the Stone Age.
  9. @andyboydtalks "Real."
  10. The Lincoln boys preferred their father's bedtime stories because he told long tales about an imaginary adventurer, Arnold Buttmurderer.
  11. The FDA-approved level of rat feces, insect parts and human hair allowable in Civil War battles would shock you.
  12. At the end of the war, Northern men put down the rifle of war and picked up the unemployment sign of peace.
  13. Abe & Mary Lincoln made for an odd couple, as he was so tall and she heard voices that told her to gouge gold out of her husband's stomach.
  14. Happy 2nd Birthday to Harold Dunlop, who in 30 years will go back in time and, as "John Wilkes Booth," shoot President Lincoln.
  15. "When there was only one set of footprints, it was then that you got scared and deserted the Army before Antietam."
  16. In 1869, after not fighting for years, Grant gathered his old army together on a rooftop for one last battle.
  17. @HendoSlice War is hell.
  18. One of the major technological advances during the War was biting off both ends of a Red Vine and using it as a straw for your soda.
  19. Lincoln's life was a lot like that movie Liar Liar, except, you know, funnier.
  20. Our @Bullseye reran last week! Check out the show here tinyurl.com/7smsqat also featuring @TheAVClub @MBMBaM @ChrisGethard & @JesseThorn