Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a ...

Griffin said he regretted donning the Confederate uniform, which was customary during ... that romanticizes the Confederacy and portrays the Civil War as a valiant struggle for "states' rights ...