With hundreds of Confederate veterans at the reunion during Fair Week, this event differed slightly from other Arkansas reunions of the 1870s. Some Union soldiers attended the event, and two Union ...

Main Street has seen many parades over the decades, but none larger or longer than that for the closing day of the United ...

This controversial April holiday is recognized in Alabama as a state holiday. What is it and when is it celebrated?

Confederate Memorial Day is an official holiday in several states. Why is it celebrated, and where? Does New Jersey take part? Here's what to know.

Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the state holiday?

that pays tribute to more than 100 Confederate soldiers from South Carolina who died in a temporary, wartime hospital across the street. The memorial was placed on city property outside a ...

The quick advance of Union troops on General Lee's unsuspecting army is an essential part of Burnside's strategy; the two-week delay gives the Confederate soldiers plenty of time to prepare for ...