The Civil War left behind more than battlefields and stories. It left unanswered questions, strange reports, missing ...
They were born less than a year and about 100 miles apart, and they departed for their inaugurations on the same day, Feb. 11, 1861. Their differences, of course, dwarf the similarities. Abraham ...
On "Florida Matters Live & Local," historian Rodney Kite-Powell discussed the history behind Florida observing the birthday ...
On Nov. 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis, who had been elected president of the Provisional Government of the Confederacy on February 9, 1861, as a compromise between moderates and radicals, was confirmed by ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A plaque describing the president of the Confederacy as a patriot and a hero could be removed from the Kentucky Capitol in an effort to give more historical context to the state's ...