The holiday was first declared in Georgia on April 26, 1866 on the first anniversary of the day that Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Union Gen. William Sherman.

and about 260,000 of them were Confederate soldiers, according to History.com. The date of April 26 was chosen to mark the day General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee in a ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – President Donald Trump recently signed an order that calls for a return of Confederate monuments—including the names of military installations—and targets cultural institutions that ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last month ordered the change back to Fort Benning to honor Fred Benning, who was awarded the ...

A publication called the Milwaukee Independent recently explored this phenomenon in regards to the Civil War, and the possible queer identities of Confederate Army leaders. Given the contemptuous ...

Jubal Early of the Confederate States Army, at least for a little while that ... "In his long, yellowish linen coat and unbrushed high hat," an Ohio soldier who had seen him at the fort wrote ...

WASHINGTON -- A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a ...

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A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a member of a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a ...