Jefferson Davis was the U.S. Secretary of War who betrayed his country to become the first and only president of the ...

Acclaimed Civil War reenactor and historian Curt Fields ... the weeks and months that followed the surrender of General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.

Mississippi also celebrates Robert E. Lee Day on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Mississippi will celebrate Confederate Memorial Day soon. Only four states still honor the Civil War ...

The American Civil War is a pivotal and ugly moment ... the question of slavery largely defined the outlines of the war. Robert E. Lee followed a similar ideological trajectory on the issue ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America.

Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day as a state holiday on the last Monday of April. Only four states, including Mississippi, designate Confederate Memorial Day as a paid holiday for ...

The holiday commemorates Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil ... after 1866. Texas commemorates Confederate Heroes' Day on Jan. 19 in conjunctions with observance of birthdays of Robert E ...

Confederate Memorial Day is a holiday commemorating the Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. The holiday was ... Confederate Memorial Day and Robert E. Lee Day from the state's official ...

The holiday commemorates Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil ... after 1866. Texas commemorates Confederate Heroes' Day on Jan. 19 in conjunctions with observance of birthdays of Robert E ...

An outspoken supporter of the rights of African Americans is being remembered for his courage on a new Civil War Trails sign ...

Soooo learn to have controlled feelings and enjoy HISTORY…” I’m all for remembering history, but there are other ways to commemorate the civil war that ... of Robert E. Lee and May 10 ...