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Jane Weir’s acclaimed 2019 fisking of the pop-fiction “1863 Draft Riots” story. It appears the agitprop version is wrong in nearly every detail.<\/p>\n

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Jane Weir’s acclaimed 2019 fisking of the pop-fiction “1863 Draft Riots” story. It appears the agitprop version is wrong in nearly every detail. 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