The seceded states created the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson ... Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more ...

How much do you know about the Civil War? Our history quiz covers some of the basic Civil War questions that we feel are ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America ... A key issue was states' rights. The Southern states wanted ...

The South did not want Lincoln to be the President. At a meeting in the town of Montgomery, Alabama they formed a new government called the Confederate States of America.

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

A Civil War map in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland reads, “S. E. Missouri, Country Around Ironton” on its ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the ...

Although you may have heard of the famously devalued Confederate ... States of America half-dollar reproduction (early ...

Irvine served in that same navy, on board the CSS Alabama and the CSS Shenandoah — the last Confederate ship to surrender, on the River Mersey, months after the war had ended. When hostilities ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

On Sunday, Jan. 19, the state of Florida officially honors the birth of a man who led armies to fight against the United States ... Civil War Battle of Fort Myers, as its county seat. Confederate ...