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I read a post on Quora that claimed Robert E. Lee said in a speech in Texas, "Governor, if I had foreseen the use those people designed to make of their victory, there would have been no surrender at Appomattox Courthouse: no sir, not by me. Had I foreseen the results of subjugation, I would have preferred to die at Appomattox with my brave men, my sword in my right hand." Actually, Robert Lewis Dabney wrote that Governor Fletcher S. Stockdale told him that Lee said that to the Governor in a private conversation. At best it is an unverified second-hand account and most historians believe it is false.
What other statements do you find commonly used that have no historical evidence in support of their accuracy?
What other statements do you find commonly used that have no historical evidence in support of their accuracy?