Florida was the third state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. Around 15,000 Floridians fought in the Civil War, representing the highest percentage of any Confederate state. Florida faced ...

A living historian brings the past to life for contemporary Americans by portraying historical figures at public events such as our long-defunct Heritage Days festival. Such a person visited my ...

After the election of President Abraham Lincoln in 1860, South Carolina began plans to withdraw from the Union, and the meeting grounds in Abbeville were an important site at the beginning of the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – During the American Civil War, eleven Southern cities were badly damaged or destroyed and almost 116,000 people were displaced. That’s a little more than 1% of the ...

In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. Charleston has always been a city that stands for something--a defiant port, a rebellion's ...

Mississippi's own documents from 1861 show the state seceded from the Union to protect slavery, not states' rights. Where did ...

This Monday marked the 150th anniversary of South Carolina's secession from the Union. To commemorate the signing of the Ordinance of Secession, a crowd of three hundred gathered at the Secession Gala ...

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