Robert E. Lee followed a similar ideological trajectory ... This was really an announcement that the Civil War was no longer a war just to preserve the Union; freeing the enslaved population ...

Using innovative cartographic tools, she has cast fresh light on hoary historical debates—What was Robert E. Lee thinking at ... has been well received by Civil War scholars.

The holiday is observed on the last Monday of April and commemorates Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. Attempts to remove the holiday and replace it with Juneteenth have been ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861.

Some great TV shows use the American Civil War as a backdrop or as a major narrative pillar. Here are the best ones.

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil ... Gen. Robert E. Lee ...

Florida legally observes Confederate Memorial Day, along with the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis ... which ...

Mississippi also celebrates Robert E. Lee Day on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Mississippi will celebrate Confederate Memorial Day soon. Only four states still honor the Civil War ...