The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

The Confederate States of America had three different national flags from 1861 through 1865. The first national flag of the Confederacy was known as the “Stars and Bars” and was used from ...

This simple dish towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the ...

The legislation specifically cited the "flag of the Confederate ... by many as a symbol of slavery and racism as it was used by the Confederate States during the U.S. Civil War of 1861 to 1865.

Eventually, the CSA army and navy forces adopted the "Dixie" design as a battle flag, first introduced by the Army of North Virginia under General Robert E. Lee, after having been previously ...

Minnesota won a Confederate battle flag from Virginia during the Civil War. Here's why it won't give it back. The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of ...

In the wake of the June 2015 mass shooting and anti-African American hate crime in a Charleston, S.C., church, many public officials, including the state’s governor, called for the removal ...

The Civil War ended in 1865. ... Through the years the Confederate flag continued as a symbol of hatred, oppression and denial, sometimes even here in the North. I am a proud American.

Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, is this week. Here's everything to ...

May 10 is the anniversary of Confederate General Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson's death and the capture of Jefferson Davis in 1865. The day is recognized by North Carolina and South Carolina.

An Atlanta man allegedly made a nearly three-hour-long trek to South Carolina to lower the Confederate flag that flies over I-85 south. Live; ... 1865, ending the Civil War, then-President Abraham ...