Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.

Sarah also was the first wife of future Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Her parents gave her the middle name Knox after Fort Knox, in pre-state Indiana, where her military father was ...

1792: Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized establishment of the U.S. Mint. 1865: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet ...

TASS, June 11. Protesters in Richmond (Virginia) have torn down the monument erected to the only President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), local WRIC TV said ...

Alabama Democrats have pushed over the years to make Juneteenth a state holiday. Givan has introduced a bill each year since ...

On May 14, 1865, an 8-year-old Wilson watched as captured Confederate president Jefferson Davis was led through town in chains. Though for many, life in the South would never be the same ...

He was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet-level office in an American government. CSA President Jefferson Davis appointed Benjamin as Attorney-General. Benjamin did not own any slaves. He later ...