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

That commission, to be worth anything legally, must be a letter-of-marque -- nothing more or less. It should be directed against all vessels bearing the Confederate flag, whether armed or unarmed ...

Grant than Confederate General Robert E ... On April 18, 1861, the Virginia Secession Convention, made up of the state's ruling elite, voted to join the Southern states in secession.