“It is sufficiently humiliating to have had to carry it and exhibit it,” fumed the Confederate ... to be the Civil War’s de facto conclusion. Much to Sims’ chagrin, the flag of truce ...

Two reenactors unveil a veteran's headstone for Civil War solider Lt. John T. McMahan, who was killed during the Battle of ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...

Usually, a civil war is one where all of the ... still influence the United States today. Fort Sumter (1861): The war began when Confederate forces fired on Union troops stationed at Fort Sumter ...

CULPEPER — The final resting place of Civil War Gen. A.P. Hill has been anything ... some bearing the image of the Confederate flag. When the Carraways led the crowd in “Dixie,” people ...

A dangerous consequence of not knowing our history is not knowing our truth. Many Americans are taught that the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, […] ...

The Sons of the Confederate Veterans retreated from a court battle to fly its flags over Lexington ... one with strong ties to VMI and to the Civil War. W&L takes part of its name from Confederate ...

The saga of the roving historical marker is longer and more complicated than that of the May 9, 1861, encounter between Confederate ... and the Texas Civil War Centennial Commission as part ...

Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel and ...

Johnston's experiences during the Civil War ... and adjacent areas in 1861-1862, and one on his activities in Mississippi in 1862-1863. McMurray argues that while Lee is the most prominent Confederate ...

"We expect a fight every moment," a Confederate private reported from ... signaling the start of the Civil War, there had been few additional clashes. On June 3, in Philippi, Virginia, Union ...

It has been cast by US President Donald Trump’s administration as heralding a “foreign invasion.” Read more at ...