Reconstructionat the war’s end brought challenges to the state, which was the first to return to the Union. Despite being the only Confederate state to initially ratify the14th Amendment, strong divisions remained between abolitionists and those resisting an end to slavery. TheKu Klux Klanwas f...
During theCivil War, Memphis was a Confederate military center. In 1862, federal forces won a gunboat battle on the river at Memphis, andGeneral Shermanwas able to take the city. After the war, Memphis's population was devastated by several yellow-fever epidemics during the 1870s. As a res...
About 120,000 white Alabama men served in the Confederate forces. After the war, segregation prevailed in the South, and in Alabama in particular. In 1901, state legislation limited voting rights for thousands of Blacks and poor whites through poll taxes, literacy tests and other restrictive ...
In 2003 a group of local citizens arranged to place a statue of Lincoln in Richmond, Virginia, former capital of the Confederacy (南方联邦). The idea touched off a firestorm of controversy. The Sons of Confederate Veterans held a public conference of carefully selected scholars to “reassess”...
known as theAtlanta Campaign. Sherman inflicted heavy casualties on Confederate forces during theBattle of Atlanta, on July 22, 1864, but the city did not fall to his Union troops until several months later, on September 1. It was then converted into a military camp. On November 15 Sherman...
During theAmerican Civil War, Columbus became a major staging area for Union forces, and Camp Chase, one of the North’s largest facilities for Confederate prisoners of war, was built on the city’s west side. The local economy continued to boom after the war. Columbus became one of the ...
The popular theme park - Six Flags Over Georgia, was actually named for six flags that flew over the lands that comprise of present-day Georgia. The six flags are that of England, Spain, France, Confederate States of America, United States, and Georgia. In Georgia, it's illegal to live...
Lee County is located in the eastern part of Alabama, bordering Georgia. It was established on December 5, 1866, and was named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The county seat, Opelika, developed as a key railroad hub in the late 19th century, while the nearby city of Auburn bec...
The state of Mississippi was named for the Mississippi River, whose name comes from the Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian word "misi-ziibi," meaning "great river." On April 25, 1866, women in Columbus decorated the graves of both the Confederate and Union soldiers in Friendship Cemetery. This gestu...
the advent of the railroads in the 1850s. Nashville was occupied by Union troops in February 1862, and the last majorAmerican Civil Warbattle (December 15–16, 1864) took place outside the city, when Union forces under Gen.George H. Thomasdefeated the Confederates under Gen.John B. Hood...