Why did women in the Civil War era sport such attire ... yield the way to white pedestrians on the sidewalks of southern cities. Dress also represented freed people’s insistence on defining ...

No one in the South knew where the Civil War would go next ... to help care for the injured and shipped over 40,000 pieces of clothing, nearly 6,000 of them knitted by Yorkers, to civilians ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of ... A key issue was states' rights. The Southern states wanted to assert their authority over the federal government ...

Steve Madden of Redlands will present “Shades of Gray: A Southern Perspective on the Civil War” 2 p.m. Oct. 16 in a program for the Inland Empire Civil War Round Table. The free presentation ...

shows a document signed by President Lincoln in April 1861 ordering the blockade of southern United States ports after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter started the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln ...

A beautiful Mississippi city that oozes Civil War history and timeless Southern charm is one of the Magnolia State's true cultural gems, where visitors can learn first-hand about the bloodiest war ...