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

Curt Fields is the preeminent U.S. Grant historian and reenactor. The Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley is excited to present Field’s first-person portrayal of Lieutenant General Ulysses S.

Mississippi celebrates the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Memorial Day. Here's what to know about the state holiday ...

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 ...

Many in the Confederacy felt that negotiation marked the end of the Civil War. Gen. Robert E. Lee had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant two weeks earlier at ...

Arlington is some of the most hallowed ground in the United States. But despite its great importance, the cemetery has had ...

Even if there were plenty of racists in the North and unionists in the South, the question of slavery largely defined the outlines of the war. Robert E. Lee followed a similar ideological ...

The holiday commemorates Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. Observances include battle ... with observance of birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, according to the ...

The holiday is meant to remember the soldiers who died fighting for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. It was first ... Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s birthday on the ...