Mississippi is in the middle of Confederate Heritage Month, and state workers will get a day off later in April for Confederate Memorial Day. Documents explaining why Mississippi left the Union leave ...

If you were writing a movie about the United States’ second Civil War, there would be a few stumbles you’d be careful not to make: It would be tone deaf, for instance, to center the action on a ...

Thousands of Confederate symbols are standing in public spaces around the nation despite ongoing efforts to have them removed or renamed. More than 2,000 Confederate symbols, including 685 monuments, ...

My family’s Rucker surname is familiar in some military circles and among many who consider themselves aficionados of Confederate history. The Ruckers have a history of military service going back ...

Alongside Black History Month, Women's History Month, and Jewish American Heritage Month, a new period of observance has been proposed by Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell: Confederate History ...

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