While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union messages and funding the Union army with gold.

Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9 at Appomattox ... Image from Frank Leslie’s ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center tracks Confederate symbols and memorials displayed in publica spaces and across the country. That includes military bases, monuments, markers, street names and others.

The Virginia State Conference NAACP claims in its civil suit that the Shenandoah County School Board violated the rights of several students by restoring the names of two schools to Confederate ...

The first recorded use of pressure-activated land mines was by the Confederate army in 1862 during the Civil War. Union soldiers thought they were barbarous, cowardly weapons — but by the 20th ...

Yorkshire became the latest team to freeze in the headlights yesterday when Gloucestershire thundered down the familiar road to a Lord's final. They have made the trip four times in the previous ...

Bate had been a soldier, rising to the rank of Major General in the Confederate Army. Bate was also an attorney, newspaperman, governor of Tennessee and finally, United States senator. William B. Bate ...

leading his unit to a victory against Confederate brigadier general J.E.B. Stuart. On May 3, 1862, Ord was promoted to major general and moved to the western theater, where he served in the Army ...

Fort Benning’s name has officially been restored after a two-year stint as Fort Moore that was part of a national move away from Confederate namesakes. But the Pentagon says the Army post near ...

The base was among nine military installations that were renamed during the Biden administration so that they would no longer honor Confederate figures. The changes happened amid renewed protests ...

First, in May, West Virginia members of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans, conducted a reunion in the city.