Have you ever heard of a Black, teenage Civil War solider named Maria Lewis? What about George Harris? What if I told you they were actually the same person? And what this person did was kind of incredible!

According to Executive Order 14253: “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” you’re not supposed to learn about Maria Lewis. But we’re going to tell you her story anyway in "Keeping the Hysteria in American History"!

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