Juneteenth: The war's official end may have been marked by military surrender, but the abolition of slavery was formally proclaimed on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, a day now commemorated as ...

Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson captures Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day West Virginia), on Sept. 15, 1862.

CHARLESTON — A highway marker commemorating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will once again be displayed downtown, ending a year-long legal battle over its removal. "Lee will rise again in Charleston," ...

Robert E. Lee Day was originally celebrated by states in the South for decades following the Civil War, but was abandoned by most after President Ronald Reagan designated the third Monday in January ...