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Happy Robert E. Lee’s birthday? Florida still has three Confederate holidays on the books
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn Friday, Jan. 19, the state of Florida officially honors the birth of a man who led armies to...
The Least Irredeemable Confederate General Is Finally Getting His Day in the Sun
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIt’s hard to see Elizabeth Varon’s new biography of James Longstreet becoming a runaway bestseller,...
US Army Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas' journey from enslaver to Union officer to civil rights defender
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMaj. Gen. George H. Thomas, who fought for the Union army during the Civil War, stands in uniform...
May 9, 1865: Civil War declared “virtually over,” but not quite
WHTM via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWASHINGTON, D.C. (WHTM) — On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia...
That time President Lincoln had front-row seats to a Confederate surprise attack
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFort Stedman lincoln President Abraham Lincoln ran a squeaker of a presidential campaign in 1864. In...
This Week, Fort Pickett Will Replace Its Confederate Name, a First for an Army Base Following...
Military.com via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFort Pickett, Virginia, will be the first Army installation to be renamed as part of a service-wide...
Mohawk Valley hears about the end of the Civil War: This week in history
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 months ago1865, 159 years ago Surrender News of the surrender of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to Union Army...
4 Very good reasons why naming a military base after John Bell Hood was a bad idea
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPhoto by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. There are a lot of people out there who...
Juneteenth celebrations around Palm Beach County
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThough the Civil War officially ended on April 9, 1865 with Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, freedom for all...
When the Confederates raided York, everyone played with fire
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIn their day, these four Lancaster County men had worked with their heads and hands, making things,...