Latest "Confederacy" stories

Stripping military bases of Confederate names stirs passions

Fort Pickett’s namesake is Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett, best remembered for a failed Confederate assault at Gettysburg that became known as Pickett’s Charge.

By Robert Burns, The Associated Press

24 months ago

Confederate battle flag would be banned at all DoD sites under House plan

Lawmakers included the prohibition in their draft of the annual defense authorization bill on Wednesday.

By Leo Shane III

3 years ago

The Mississippi’s metal monsters

How the the Union's fleet of ironclads and tinclads clobbered the Confederacy.

By Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University

4 years ago

Richmond exhibit seeks to reimagine Confederate statues

The Confederate leaders memorialized on Richmond's Monument Avenue were once revered, but have become flashpoints in a national debate about how symbols of slavery and white supremacy should be treated today.

5 years ago

‘General Tubman’: Female abolitionist was also a secret military weapon

Harriet Tubman helped plan a South Carolina river raid that freed hundreds of slaves.

By Catherine Clinton

6 years ago

Naval Academy to discuss two buildings named for Confederates

A panel on memorials at the U.S. Naval Academy will discuss whether two buildings on the campus grounds should remain named after two American naval officers who fought for the Confederacy.

6 years ago