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J.Z. George’s descendant advocates for removing the statue of the Confederate icon from the nation’s...
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 3 hours agoThe great-great-great grandson of Confederate icon J.Z. George wants to see his ancestor’s statue moved from the U.S. Capitol back to Mississippi. Each day, hundreds visit ...
Friday is Confederate Memorial Day. Why does Florida still celebrate it and what does it mean?
Tallahassee Democrat· 3 days agoFlorida does not seem to want to let go of its Confederate heritage. On Friday, April 26, the state...
Book excerpt: "The Demon of Unrest" by Erik Larson
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe latest by the New York Times bestselling author is a riveting account of the months leading up to the Confederate forces' attack on Fort Sumter, the...
Column: The UAW sends a lightning bolt into anti-union states with a huge victory at a VW plant
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 days ago(Jim Vondruska / Getty Images) Until Friday, the phrase "union victory at Chattanooga" could mean...
Review | Erik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter
Washington Post· 2 days agoCapitol was stormed by a mob of self-proclaimed American patriots (some of whom, with no apparent...
Funk, Boring and Other Oddball American Town Names
Cheapism via AOL· 2 days agoEmerson, DVM Christmas, Florida On Dec. 25, 1837, U.S. Army soldiers arrived at this location to build a fort and named it for the holiday. Little did...
Sea of Darkness celebrates 10th anniversary with new edition
The Post and Courier· 4 days agoOn February 17, 1864, Confederate Army Lt. George Dixon and his crew of seven loaded up into a...
Veteran writer Howell Raines unearths story of Alabama Unionists | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOne state referendum vote passed by an unimpressive 61 to 39. The mythology of the "...Rebels. Not...
Jerry Summers: Bishop Otey - Caught In The Middle (1800-1863)
The Chattanoogan· 7 days agoPolk. Otey along with Bishop Leonidas Polk were two of the Founders of the University of the South...
Clark County history: Phil Sheridan at Fort Vancouver
The Columbian· 1 day agoBefore Phil Sheridan burned the Shenandoah Valley to turn back the Confederates during the Civil War...