I grew up hip-deep in the Lost Cause mythos. From third grade through high school graduation, I had annual field trips to Kennesaw Mountain and Stone Mountain. It took me a while to dig my way clear of that brainwashing…

So, anyhow, today is the day to dunk on the Silver Medal winners in the Great Rebellion of the 1860s…

I was wrong. I’d been fed bad data. I got over it. You could, too.