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Fort Sumter surrender flag to be auctioned in South Carolina’s Upstate
The makeshift flag soldiers at Fort Sumter used to signal their surrender to the Confederate army, kick-starting the American ...
How the Union took to the skies in the Civil War
The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...
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Rare Confederate flag captured in Pickett's Charge to be sold at Columbus auction
The flag is the only known privately-owned Confederate battle flag captured during Pickett’s Charge from Pickett’s Division ...
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The Civil War and emancipation
By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi ... Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in the war ...
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North Carolina judge challenging outcome of race wore Confederate uniform in college photo
A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb ...
As UNC student, judge wore confederate uniform
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.
Are Florida’s Confederate statues coming back? Trump orders restoration of monuments
President Trump has ordered monuments removed or changed for "ideological" reasons to be restored. How will this affect Florida's Confederate statues?