EDENTON, N.C.—Rod Phillips and Michael Dean, a pair of white 70-something retirees, take opposing sides in the Civil War, usually between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturdays. They are separated by a ...

The Forts were first renamed to wipe away the names of Confederate leaders who fought to keep slavery legal during the Civil War. advertisement The Knoxville News-Sentinel ...

President Trump will restore seven more Army base names that originally honored Confederate military figures — but with different namesakes.

For instance, Fort Hood in Texas was originally named for Confederate Maj. Gen. John Hood and renamed Fort Cavazos after Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, the Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. The base ...

And of course, the U.S. Army of 1918 was segregated. Brigadier General Henry L. Benning was acclaimed as "Old Rock" by his men. He once had two horses shot out from under him in battle.

Updated at 11:43 a.m. ET on June 9, 2020. As I have watched Confederate monuments being removed by state and local governments, and sometimes by the forceful will of the American people, the fact ...

These are the forts that will revert to their original names, but honor the different U.S. soldiers, according to the Army news release.. Fort Pickett (formerly Fort Barfoot) will be named in ...

Fort Snelling housed government forces during the Dakota War of 1862, and served as a recruiting station during the Civil War, Spanish American War, and both world wars before its decommission in ...

The North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction is set to break ground on its main building within the next four months, with a targeted completion date in ...