Four Confederate soldier skeletons from the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg were found at Colonial Williamsburg, ... Even though the Civil War has been thoroughly studied for over 160 years, ...

Smith’s gravesite also is occasionally decorated with a Confederate flag, something Reardon sees as a way to commemorate the men’s service and place in history. Reardon is also a member of the Sons of ...

Even for war reenactors, the Confederate flag belongs in the past. Many perceive the flag’s removal as an affront to history, a reduction of the sacrifices made by Confederate soldiers.

Jim Webb said Wednesday that the Confederate Battle flag has “wrongly ... complicated history of the Civil War,” he wrote. “The Confederate Battle Flag has ... soldiers of the Confederacy ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Long a symbol of pride to some and hatred to others, the Confederate battle flag is losing its place of official prominence 155 years after rebellious Southern states lost a ...

Two Civil War soldiers who infiltrated Confederate territory to steal a train and destroy the enemy railroad system were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden on Wednesday ...

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Wednesday awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and ...

Webb, who is a descendent of Confederate soldiers, broke with what other Democrats vying for their party’s presidential nomination have said about the recent groundswell of opposition to the flag.