A Civil War map in the National Archives in College ... Hardee took command of Confederate troops west of the Mississippi River in spring, 1861 and planned to invade Missouri.

When the Pentagon banned the flag on military ... major confederate monument After years of controversy, Jacksonville's monument to women of the Confederacy comes down Alabama and Mississippi ...

It was May 13, 1862, and Smalls did not hesitate, springing into action to execute his plan to seize the CSS Planter, a Confederate military cargo transport ship. One year after the first shots of ...

Fort Bragg was a reference to confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg from Warrenton. The name change came as part of an initiative by the Department of Defense to rename nine military installations ...

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have voiced support for renaming military bases for Confederate generals. In the years following the Civil War, Fort Bragg, Fort Polk, Fort ...

Thursday, teens in high school culinary art programs from across Mississippi participated in the Army National Guard’s “State ...

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 ...

Alabama and Mississippi have three Confederate-related state holidays. Both states mark Confederate Memorial Day in April and mark the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Did you know that veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces get discounts at National Parks and Forests and have access to campgrounds that are not available to most civilians? The Military Lifetime Pass ...

Every military member, from the rawest recruit to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, swears an oath to support and defend the United States. These Confederate generals were former U.S ...

We’re talking scores so low, Florida even trailed Mississippi in one category. Unless it’s a competition for mud pies or confederate war monuments, you should never trail Mississippi.