America is having its second Civil War. People are torn on the matter of Confederate monuments. Robert E. lee was one man that was part of the Confederacy. He fought for the South because his state seceded from the union and he would not turn against his own people. He was considered a great leader.
In Biloxi, Missisppi, sits Beauvoir. This estate is a time capsule of sorts of Civil War history: cataloging the lives of confederate soldiers. The site is the former estate of the Confederate States of America’s only president, Jefferson Davis. Now, it serves as a museum filled with civil war memorabilia…
South Carolina Confederate sympathizers are bitterly divided over a plant to commemorate the Civil War. It’s almost a civil war over the Civil War. The state chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to build a monument to the state’s signers of the 1860 Ordinance of Secession, but the…
The Civil War Trust Teacher Institute, held this year in Richmond, VA, is a great resource for History teachers with an interest in the civil war. The author attended this year's program with the Civil War Trust, leading a talk and a tour of the Crater. The rich selection of…
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