Don't know much about history--Virginia history textbooks

Veterans of the Confederacy, July 4, 1900, Pat...Image via Wikipedia
Washington Post:

In the version of history being taught in some Virginia classrooms, New Orleans began the 1800s as a bustling U.S. harbor (instead of as a Spanish colonial one). The Confederacy included 12 states (instead of 11). And the United States entered World War I in 1916 (instead of in 1917).

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There are more errors including a controversial statement on slaves fighting for the Confederacy. I wonder if this is the text where Obama came up with 57 states.
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