At the time the Civil War began in 1861, the United States government did not print paper money; it only minted coins. As a historian of the American Civil War, I study how the Confederate government ...

In June 1866, just over a year after the Civil War ended, young Jewish men in Richmond, Virginia, removed their coats and set ...

State Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) is leaving office next month. On his final wish list: Removing three Confederate statues that remain at the State Capitol.

Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day as a state holiday on the last Monday of April. Only four states, including Mississippi, designate Confederate Memorial Day as a paid holiday for public ...

The Jessamine County Courthouse lawn is home to a one-of-a-kind Confederate Civil War monument that wears a Union soldier's hat. David Swartz is a historian and professor, who spent five years ...

Virginia Sen. Adam Ebbin proposes removing three Confederate statues from Capitol Square, calling their presence embarrassing ...

AIKEN — Around 160 years after a Confederate soldier from Tennessee was killed during the Battle of Aiken, he is no longer unknown thanks to a Veterans Administration historical grave marker. “For ...

Harold Kenneth "H.K." Edgerton, a former president of the Asheville-Buncombe NAACP who became nationally-known for this ...

A move is afoot to have a historical marker erected in honor of a Pottsville man who was among the first volunteers to serve ...