Explore the American Civil War's history, causes like slavery and states' rights, key events including Gettysburg and ...

officially calling themselves the Confederate States of America or CSA - a new country, with Richmond, Virginia declared as its capital city. Texas broke away and joined them a month later.

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

The holiday is used to remember those who died fighting for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War and was first observed in a number of areas just after 1866. Texas commemorates ...

USA, — Memorial Day stands as America's most significant annual observance dedicated to honoring fallen military personnel.

The last Monday of April in Mississippi and Alabama May 10 in N.C. and S.C. The holiday is used to remember those who died fighting for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War and ...

Jefferson Davis was the U.S. Secretary of War who betrayed his country to become the first and only president of the Confederate States of America ... in the Civil War — on both sides.

MANSFIELD — The Richland Early American Center for History (REACH) will be hosting its second Civil War Living History Days ...