The Civil War was the flag’s “big transformational moment,” Zola said. At the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Confederate forces bombed the fort, causing its main flagpole to fall down.
Most say the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. But many ...
This ring included a small emblem with the Confederate battle flag on it and another ... it focuses exclusively on the Civil War service of students and faculty who left William & Mary to join the ...
By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi ... Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North ...
Throughout the relatively short history of the US, it’s become a tradition that presidents have their coffins draped in the ...
Getty Images The Confederate flag is a symbol of racism ... fire on Union troops in Fort Sumpter in 1861 - the very shot that opened the Civil War. Many of these sites date back to camps set ...