A dangerous consequence of not knowing our history is not knowing our truth. Many Americans are taught that the Emancipation ...

The city of St. Cloud has passed proclamations to honor “Confederate Memorial Day” but decided to take a pause on issuing ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

After 155 years, the remains of Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram - believed to be the last Confederate soldier killed in battle - were recovered in Munford, Alabama. Shot just eight days after Lee’s ...

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's ...

In fact, the Confederate battle flag has a complex history that is often underappreciated by both its partisans and detractors, and its meaning has evolved in the years since the Civil War.

Church services. Displays of Civil War relics. Placing of flags and wreaths on Confederate soldier graves and memorials. In states where Confederate Memorial Day is recognized as a state holiday ...

They say Confederate flags and monuments — as with the SCV mission statement — often perpetuate the “Lost Cause” myth of the Civil War, that the South fought the war primarily to defend ...

It’s a story of rebellion, racism, and disagreement over the true history of the Civil War—and as ... the Bonnie Blue Flag. But as secession got underway, the Confederate States of America ...

The Confederate flag was removed from its place of prominence ... presidential candidates were quick to criticize Haley’s Civil War response. “I am disgusted but I’m not surprised ...

Private Marshall Sherman of Minnesota stands in front of the Confederate flag he seized in the Battle of Gettysburg. It's believed he held onto the flag and eventually gave it to a Civil War ...