include soldiers who died or were killed prior to the surrender, were in hospitals at the time of the surrender, or who escaped before going into captivity. If anyone has additional names of soldiers known to have served at Port Hudson, I would very much appreciate receiving them for ...
state in 1863.(more) 2 of 2 Confederate Battle Flag(more) Confederate States of America, in the American Civil War, the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61, carrying on all the affairs of a separate government and conducting a major war until defeated ...
Confederate Memorial Day 2025 is a state holiday in4 states, a state legal holiday in Florida, and a local observance in North Carolina. Confederate flags on Confederate soldiers' graves at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina. ©iStockphoto.com/kickstand Observe Confederate Memorial Day A...
Confederate state governments were established at Neosho, Mo., and Russellville, Ky., in opposition to the official governments. In May it was decided to transfer the capital from Montgomery to Richmond, Va., because of Virginia's prestige; that move, considering Richmond's proximity to the Nor...
Varies from state to state Observed in memory of the Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War, Confederate Memorial Day is widely observed in the southern United States. It grew out of a number of smaller, more localized responses to the bloodshed of the War between the States. In Vic...
The common form of the charge is, that the defendants, combining and confederating together, to and with divers other persons as yet to the plaintiff unknown, but whose names, when discovered, he prays may be inserted in the bill, and they be made parties thereto, with proper and apt ...
Confederate Memorial Day, also known as Confederate Heroes Day or Confederate Decoration Day, is mostly observed by the southwestern states. The cultural holiday commemorates the Confederate soldiers who died in their line of military service during the American Civil War. What is the history of Conf...
Case in point: Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Bostick said, "Who would stand up at in-processing a lot of new soldiers coming to Fort Bragg and say, "Let me tell you about the history of this name: Braxton Bragg was one of the worst generals in the Confederate army'?" ...
Private Burton Marchbanks, Company E, 30th Texas Cavalry, left to posterity one of the most intact and representative sets of homemade, butternut, citizens clothes used by Confederate soldiers anywhere. The collection consists of a sort of frock coat known as a "paletot;" a pair of pants; ...
State, Robert Toombs, was hostile to Davis. Within months of his appointment, he stepped down to join the Confederate States Army as a brigadier general in July 1861. Christopher Memminger, the first Secretary of the Treasury, had consistently fought the separatist movement since 1832; L. Pope...