The flag is the only known privately-owned Confederate battle flag captured during Pickett’s Charge from Pickett’s Division ...

A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb ...

This is why both those nostalgic for the Soviet Union and the czarist monarchy in Russia can look at the Confederate battle flag and feel a weird sense of kinship. It’s not just about racism.

As the state agency said, the Confederate flag is a historic symbol of the pro ... and its participation in a war in which 360,000 Union soldiers died and another 260,000 fighting for the Confederacy.