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Q&A Can I use prominent people in history to as characters in my fiction?

I am a little puzzled. I want to set my story in a real era that happened; like say, the American civil wars during Lincoln's time, and involve the then prominent figures like Lincoln and McClellan...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Felix Abonyo‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:39:02Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/28750
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Felix Abonyo‭ · 2019-12-08T06:39:02Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am a little puzzled. I want to set my story in a real era that happened; like say, the American civil wars during Lincoln's time, and involve the then prominent figures like Lincoln and McClellan as some of my major characters, though portraying them fictitiously; reputation and natures maintained. Has this got to bring me some problem?

Again, my story is historically untrue, but I need to infuse it into a real historical event that might have happened and let it make part of the event; can this work? Please help me know.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-06-16T13:02:21Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 4