The Post examined more than 400 statues, paintings and other artworks in the U.S. Capitol. This is what we found. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please ...

The myth of black Confederate soldiers is one of those biased historical myths that need critical review. Some historians and today’s neo-Southern Confederate sympathizers, some descendants of ...

President Andrew Johnson granted a “full pardon and amnesty” to all former Confederates on Christmas Day in 1868. The pardon extended to all of those “who directly or indirectly participated in the ...

Before the attack on the Confederates in Savannah, General William T. Sherman sent troops to open the Ogeechee River to Union ...

The topic was Gettysburg — what mistakes, large or small, did the Confederates make that led to the Southern defeat? The debate was heated and furious. Tempers were at the boiling point.

Dominique Morisseau's work will return to the Curious stage this fall with Confederates, a powerful exploration of race, power, and history. Known for previous hits like Skeleton Crew and Detroit ...

It offers pardon and restoration of property -- except slaves -- to Confederates who swear allegiance to the Union and agree to accept emancipation. Known as the 10 Percent Plan, it requires only ...

Outgunned and outmanned, the Union troops were defeated handily, with 301 soldiers listed as killed or missing, let alone the four cannons and 170 wagons and teams and 100 prisoners that the ...

But that political linkage had ironic consequences; once ex-Confederates triumphed in Missouri politics, they no longer had any use for a criminal like James. After the war, a split appeared in ...