The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

"The Confederate Battle Flag," regrets former U. S. senator Jim Webb, another Democrat, "has wrongly been used for racist and other purposes in recent decades." This implicit apology for the ...

The Confederate cause is deeply ingrained in American military history, making the country's current debate over whether to retire the "rebel flag" all the more pertinent to service members who ...

Confederate flag comes down in South Carolina 02:11. COLUMBIA, S.C. ... Many people believed the flag would fly indefinitely in this state, which was the first to leave Union, ...

Nelson Winbush holds a Confederate flag in St. Cloud, Fla., on Sept. 6, 2017. Winbush is a member of Jacob Summerlin Camp 1516. Winbush's grandfather, Louis Napoleon Nelson, was a Confederate ...

The Confederate States of America was formed on Feb. 8, 1861, by South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas, following the election of President Abraham Lincoln.

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

A large Confederate flag flying alongside I-85 in Spartanburg County is getting a ... 1864 pre-dawn stillness was shattered by a massive explosion opening the Union attack upon Confederate defenses.