The Confederacy had several official flags during its lifespan. The first Confederate National flag resembled the U.S. flag and was called “Stars and Bars.”The Confederate Battle Flagwas created so it would not be mistaken for the Union Flag in battle; it was used primarily by the Army o...
served as a depot on theUnderground Railroadas well, providing the basis for his historical novel, “The Hidden Light of Northern Fires,” which is set in Town Line during the Civil War. “I could find nothing to document anyone from Town Line aligning themselves with the Confederacy,” he...
They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states of the former Confederacy, with a supposedly separate but equal status for black Americans. * * The separation led to treatment, financial support and accommodations that were usually inferior to those provided for ...
And when word reached the Lincoln government that two powerful rams were being constructed in Britain for the Confederacy, Adams reputedly sent his famous “this is war” note to Palmerston, and the rams were seized by the British government at the last moment. The diplomatic crisis of the ...