Well before I learned Civil War history, I was taught that Lee was a good Christian ... Twenty-five years later, I am ashamed of my childhood pride in Confederate mythology, but I am not surprised by ...

The statue commemorates Colonel Robert A Smith, a Scot who was struck down in Kentucky during the US civil war. Students at ... will have their original Confederate names reinstated.

The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar and the White House of the Confederacy can both be found in Richmond, while the Museum of the Confederacy at Appomattox sits in Appomattox ...

New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.

One of the most important battles of the U.S. Civil War ... battle of the war. If the South had won a major victory, some historians believe that it would have caused the Confederacy to gain ...

In this lesson, students investigate a historical mystery—the 1865 explosion of the steamship Sultana—by analyzing a collection of primary and secondary source documents. They work in ...

Again, I’m confused. What legacy? Braxton Bragg, the base’s original namesake, lost key battles in the Civil War. The Confederacy itself didn’t even last a full five years. Names ...

In this lesson, students investigate a historical mystery—the 1865 explosion of the steamship Sultana—by analyzing a collection of primary and secondary source documents. They work in ...