The Confederate states went through three official flags during the four-year Civil War, but none of them was the battle flag that’s at the center of the current controversy. The first was the ...

As public backlash against the Confederate battle flag intensifies, several major U.S. companies, including Wal-Mart, Target, Sears and EBay, have decided to stop selling items bearing the flag's ...

The Confederate battle flag, the flag most commonly associated with the Confederacy, was not the official national flag of the Confederate States of America. Skip Navigation.

Confederate soldiers never reached the Capitol during the Civil War. But the Confederate battle flag was flown by rioters in the U.S. Capitol building for the first time ever on Jan. 6.

The Confederate battle flag, a controversial symbol that was condemned this week by much of the political spectrum, was born a few miles outside Washington during the first major land battle of ...

The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

When a mob of armed insurgents flooded the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, they brought an accessory: the Confederate battle flag. As the crowd of President Trump’s supporters rioted, many ...

Despite a recent Pentagon directive that constituted a de facto ban on the public display of the Confederate battle flag on military installations, there is one way most service members can still ...

The battle flag with a blue X and red background associated with the former Confederate States of America was a subject of controversy even before the final design was approved.

The Confederate battle flag was born of necessity after the Battle of Bull Run. Amid the smoke and general chaos of battle, it was hard to distinguish the Confederate national flag, the “Stars and ...

The Confederate states went through three official flags during the four-year Civil War, but none of them was the battle flag that’s at the center of the current controversy. The first was the ...