After Grant was voted in to succeed Johnson, he appointed Longstreet as the surveyor of customs for New Orleans. Governor ...
Demonstrators hold Confederate flags near the monument for Confederacy President Jefferson Davis on June 25, 2015, in Richmond, Va., after it was spray-painted with the phrase 'Black Lives Matter.' AP ...
Relatively few people are aware that during the Civil War, Confederate leaders put forth a proposal to arm slaves to fight against the Union in exchange for their freedom. In his new book Confederate ...
In June 1866, just over a year after the Civil War ended, young Jewish men in Richmond, Virginia, removed their coats and set ...
On July 4, the United States of America will celebrate its 250th anniversary. There’s also another major historical anniversary this year – the start of the Civil War 165 years ago on April 12, 1861.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) - South Carolina on Friday removed the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds in a joyous but solemn ceremony that relegated a divisive symbol of the South’s ...
After the Wednesday meeting of the city of Charleston’s history commission – the first since the sudden December appearance ...