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Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the state holiday?
History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...
For several years, the confederate statue in Madisonville has made waves in Hopkins County. Now, enough money has been raised ...
With Louisiana’s militias off fighting in Virginia and Tennessee, the job of defending the Crescent City fell to two forts ...
It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...
Charles H. Walker's family is committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through ...
Two U.S. Navy PT boat captains awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II were both cases in point: Lt. Cmdr. John Bulkeley ...
The new Civil War Trails sign on the Eastern Shore dedicates Peter Jacob Carter. The sign’s origins lie with Arthur Carter, ...
A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top ...
It was the Confederacy’s last attempt to invade ... which also sold the sword of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman last May, to list the flag for bidding. The auction house, one ...