Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...

This controversial April holiday is recognized in Alabama as a state holiday. What is it and when is it celebrated?

Library of Congress Though the confederates had bombarded Fort Sumter two months earlier, signaling the start of the Civil War ... that two Confederate soldiers had been able to fend off several ...

Northern Illinois University Libraries Five months into the Civil War ... soldiers spared direct battle had no easy time. “I must again march without one bite of anything to eat,” the ...

This is Part I of the remarkable story of Confederate Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram, believed to be the last soldier lost in ...

Charles H. Walker's family is committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through ...

We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate Gen ... At the formal ceremony on April 12, Confederate soldiers laid down their arms and flags. Union soldiers solemnly ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers ... of Richmond’s Confederate monuments ...