My learned friend:
Just because it is a "Pro-Southern" Website, it doesn't mean the webmaster is a liar. Southerners are big on honor, and truthfulness. I personally have no reason to doubt the truth of it, until it is proved otherwise.
One can be proud of our past, and love the South, and still love his country!
I never called any of those websites liars. They are taking information they believe to be correct and siting it. My issue is, there is no source for the information so I think it is likely this, like so much other stuff we believe to be true, is simply being quoted over and over again without anyone really knowing if it is true or not. I have no doubt websites promoting opposite views are doing the same thing.