In the first weeks of 1861, six Southern states began the process of establishing their own government, even as Northerners debated whether to let them leave the Union in peace or use force to stop them. On February 23, two weeks before Abraham Lincoln...
As the presidential election of 1860 drew near, the Southern states faced what they saw as a growing threat to their way of life. When Republican Abraham Lincoln won the presidency in November, there was no longer room for compromise. The South was...
The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) is the name of the government formed by eleven southern states of the United States of America between 1861 and 1865. However, since the CSA was never...
Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America. By WILLIAM C. DAVIS. New York: The Free Press, 2002. xii, 484 pp. $35.00 cloth; $17.00 paper. FEW people are better qualified than William C. Davis to write a general history of the...
NIGHT WATCH Directed by Timur Bekmambetov Fox Searchlight, opens February 17 CSA: THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Directed and written by Kevin Willmott IFC, opens February 15, IFC Center ALTERED STATES The power of nightmares: Russian thriller...
The state House and Senate approved separate resolutions apologizing for slavery Tuesday _ one day after Confederate Memorial Day, an official state holiday."An apology goes a long way," said Sen. Hank Sanders, a Democrat from Selma who sponsored his chamber's resolution. "Some of us can't...
Today is Friday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2007. There are 325 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 9, 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an Allied victory over Japanese forces.On this date:In...
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