The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

Jefferson Griffin was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a member of a college fraternity that glorified the pre-Civil War South.

The Jessamine County Courthouse lawn is home to a one-of-a-kind Confederate Civil War monument that wears a Union soldier's hat. David Swartz is a historian and professor, who spent five years ...

With Louisiana’s militias off fighting in Virginia and Tennessee, the job of defending the Crescent City fell to two forts ...

Griffin said he regretted donning the Confederate uniform, which was customary during the fraternity ... view of history that romanticizes the Confederacy and portrays the Civil War as a valiant ...

Griffin said he regretted donning the Confederate uniform, which was customary during ... romanticizes the Confederacy and portrays the Civil War as a valiant struggle for “states’ rights ...