A fact from James G. Spears appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 May 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... 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?
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