The American Civil War is a pivotal and ugly moment ... where thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers had died over a three-day span in July. Coming in at around 270 words, President Lincoln ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

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

The holiday commemorates Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. Observances include battle ... The state was the first to secede from the Union in 1860. But not everyone is happy about ...