We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate ... At the formal ceremony on April 12, Confederate soldiers laid down their arms and flags. Union soldiers solemnly ...

The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous Confederate States ... Back in the American Civil War, the American military founded ...

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 ...

Florida was the third state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. Around 15,000 Floridians fought in the Civil War, representing the highest percentage of any Confederate state.