Some fictional characters, particularly in battle settings, have been substituted for the historical characters so that the story can remain true to facts.
The issue of free versus slave states was very complicated, and the laws, territorial borders and names of the territories within the Louisiana Purchase and land ceded by Mexico after the Mexican War changed with every shift of political power. To simplify the story for the reader and avoid confusion, the commonly known territorial names may have been used such as New Mexico, Kansas, Utah and Wyoming, before those names were official.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was not signed into law until 1854, but it had been proposed in spirit for over a decade before it was passed. The story line in Antebellum has moved the date forward in order to mix the events of Bleeding Kansas with similar slavery/anti-slavery movements and events, such as the Underground Railroad.
Malaria was known by a variety of names, including Mexican Fever and Swamp Fever, until after the Civil War. Malaria has been used in the text to avoid confusing the modern reader.
When several historical accounts of an event contradict one another, the author has chosen the prevalent version.
The sale of Van Buskirk Point to J.D. Rockefeller actually occurred after the Civil War. The graveyard was later moved to Long Island and was still being maintained by Exxon Corporation at the time of this writing.
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