The debate has heated up in recent years, with some calling for the removal of Confederate monuments, while others argue they're an important part of our history.

Thousands of Confederate symbols are standing in public spaces around the nation despite ongoing efforts to have them removed ...

William Harvey Carney actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect of his fellow ...

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.