Civil War

The removal of the statue follows years of contention, community anguish and litigation.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans group has sued to return a 30-foot-high obelisk to a site in front of a Georgia courthouse.

The park where his grave was located has been the site of protests related to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Inscriptions at the base of the monument honored Union soldiers who died fighting Indigenous tribes and Confederate soldiers.

On June 19, 1865, slaves in Texas -- the last rebel state to be occupied by the Union Army -- finally heard the words of the...

Jacob Parrott was a U.S. soldier who participated in the legendary Civil War mission popularly known as the Great Locomotive...

Workers in Memphis, Tennessee, have begun the process of digging up the remains of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.

The first African American in Union uniform, Nick Biddle was also the first man wounded in the Civil War.

The NDAA created a commission to put an end to the longstanding U.S. military tradition of honoring Confederate leaders.

Helen Viola Jackson married James Bolin in 1936 -- she never remarried.