User blog comment:D. Cello/Assassinews 02/16 -- AC3 date released/@comment-78.146.194.126-20120216231902/@comment-1153722-20120216232207

One of the rumors was that it would be set in the American Revolution, not the American Civil War. But a rumor is but a rumor, we can only be sure in May, when the official details will be announced.