Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the names of Confederate generals ... nearly every battle he was involved ...

The slave owner was defeated at Chattanooga, according to Battlefields.org but continued to serve in the Confederate army until he was captured in Georgia in May of 1863. The U.S. Government ...

History vs. commemoration Trump has often said the effort of removing Confederate base names disrespected the veterans who trained at those bases, especially those who died in battle. His December ...

The battle over ... also noted that the Confederate names may infringe on students’ constitutional rights, pointing to the use of names like “Stonewall Jackson Generals” on team uniforms ...

Situated in the valley below three surrounding mountains, Lookout, Raccoon and Signal, Chattanooga’s natural beauty speaks for itself.

The spirits of the battle-wounded permeate ... field hospital providing land for the Confederate cemetery, a witness to the casualties of 14 Confederate generals, and adjacent to Eastern Flank ...

The Union attacked the following day, gained the advantage, and won the battle. It would become his calling card, not backing down. Once Grant was brought East, Confederate commander Robert E.

but had acted as Relief Agent of the Sanitary Commission at Nashville, Murfreesboro', Chattanooga ... Commander of the Sixth Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac, was killed in the battle ...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...