While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union ...

Their immediate goal was to loot the town’s stores — stealing chickens, boots, hats, shoes, tobacco, biscuits, and whatever ...

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

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on Wednesday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the end of the war with the United ...

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

Kress, continuing with the firm when it became Warner and Searles, and was only absent during the four years that he was a soldier in the Confederate Army. In October 1894, Ludke took his own ...

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 ...

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 ...