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I went back and studied the press in these disputed months
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for this earlier book I did on memory,
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and it's amazing the rumors.
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You've got southern papers like the Atlanta Constitution
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printing long stories about local militias in upstate New York
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that are drilling, calling themselves the Sons of Liberty,
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readying themselves to march into the South.
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And you've got northern papers
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like the Chicago Tribune printing article
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after article about Confederate mobs and militias,
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they're drilling all over the South and preparing themselves
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to march into the North; most of which were completely false.