So successful was the Lost Cause propaganda campaign that most Americans forgot the true meaning of the Civil War.

What we think of today as the Confederate flag remains a symbol of white supremacy and antigovernment ideology.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

This marks the 160th anniversary of Union soldiers marching to destroy Raleigh as punishment for Lincoln’s assassination, ...