Template:Did you know nominations/James G. Spears

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:52, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

James G. Spears

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• ... that U.S. Civil War general James Spears, who joined the Union Army after a threat of arrest for disloyalty to the Confederacy, was later dismissed from the army for statements opposing the U.S. government?

Created by Bms4880 (talk). Nominated by Orlady (talk) at 14:06, 21 May 2013 (UTC).

• Long enough, new enough, interesting hook, no copyvios I can see. There was a minor issue with one of the hook facts not being immediately cited but that was easily fixed. Sideways713 (talk) 18:35, 21 May 2013 (UTC)