This formation has interested experts for decades due to its ship-like shape and dimensions, similar to the biblical description of Noah’s Ark and Mount Ararat’s mention in religious texts.

Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his 75,000-man Army of the Tennessee were closing in on splitting the Confederacy in half, shattering the South’s ability to supply its troops.

As the Army’s authorizations slowly increased, the new (1853) Secretary of War Jefferson Davis and the future President of the Confederacy looked to reinvent how it operated.

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

The Confederacy’s first national flag, known as the "Stars and Bars," was used from 1861 to 1863. Some versions of the flag had nine stars, they said.

Modern Democrats have latched onto an argument in favor of illegal immigration — and it’s the same one pro-slavery Democrats used in the 1800s.