On Feb. 8, 1861, seven Southern states — South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas — seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America. They created ...

It is estimated that more than 600,000 soldiers died in the Civil War, and about 260,000 of those soldiers were Confederate soldiers. The date, April 26, was chosen to mark the anniversary of ...

If the selling owner was lucky enough, he or she might have got the auction money in U.S. currency, just before the devalued Confederate dollars began being issued in April.

War had ravaged much of the South. Over a quarter million Confederate soldiers were killed in action—killed by disease, wounded in battle, or died in prisoner of war camps. An estimated 50% of the ...

Rebel Debts, the Repudiation ofThe debts of the Confederate Government, contracted for the purposes of war, and for all other purposes, were swept away when the Confederacy fell. All its currency ...

The cover of "Baking in the American South" by Anne Byrne. (Courtesy of Rinne Allen) Every now and then you find a new book that’s hard to put down. But perhaps that's less expected when it's a ...

On Dec. 7, 1861, the Alabama legislature pushed through legislation authorizing "An Act to Encourage the Manufacture of Fire Arms and Munitions of War in this State." The bill earmarked $250,000 ...

ARLINGTON, VA. — The battle over Confederate monuments has reached America’s most sacred soil. The U.S. military has started the removal process of a 32-foot tall monument located in Arlington ...

The four Confederate soldiers were buried almost side by side. One still had the bullet that killed him embedded in his spine. Another was buried with his toothbrush and porcelain snuff bottle.

Alabama and Mississippi closed most government offices Monday for Confederate Memorial Day as efforts have stalled to abolish state holidays that honor the old Confederacy. Legislation has been ...