Mississippi celebrates the birthday of Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis on Memorial Day. What to know ...

We went magnet fishing at a historic plantation site once owned by Mississippi’s richest man in the 1830s. Burned by Union ...

Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...

The Museum of Mississippi History will feature interactive maps for Civil War buffs and let music lovers listen to Muddy Waters, Elvis Presley, Jimmie Rodgers, Leontyne Price and others.

Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial ... 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 ...

Mississippi will celebrate Confederate Memorial Day on Monday, April 28 this year. Only four states still honor the Civil War dead with a day off for public workers, though others still treat it ...