Civil War events feature minstrel song revival
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - With their slouch hats, whiskers and time-worn instruments, members of the 2nd South Carolina String Band look and sound like a Civil War camp band..
Judge: Obama win may mean 'civil war'
Tom Head, a Lubbock County Judge in Texas, talked with KJTV about raising taxes this coming year, and in the process noted that if President Obama is reelected, "I'm thinking the worst. Civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war maybe."
Black woman vandalizes monument to African-American soldiers
theGRIO REPORT - Authorities report that Rosemine Occean, 38, threw thick, yellow paint on a historic Beacon Hill memorial...
3-day Kansas event to honor black Civil War soldiers
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A group that publicizes Kansas history is planning a three-day celebration in Topeka next month to mark the 150th anniversary of the formation of the first unit of black soldiers to go into battle during the Civil War...
Ted Nugent: US might be better off if 'the South won the Civil War'
In op-ed in opposition to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold health care reform, the controversial musician muses about whether or not America would be better off if 'the South won the Civil War'...
Liberia's past and future in the spotlight
OPINION - Taylor’s conviction places the spotlight on neighboring Liberia, which has a special relationship with African-Americans...
Scholars look at Civil War anew
ALBANY, N.Y. - Nearly 150 years after the last fusillade of the Civil War, historians, authors and museum curators are still finding new topics to explore as the nation commemorates the sesquicentennial of America's bloodiest conflict....
Smithsonian opens Civil War art from North, South
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is opening two new exhibits that retrace the history of the Civil War, including a display of lesser known portraits by photographer Mathew Brady...
Gift shop offers John Wilkes Booth bobblehead
John Wilkes is arguably one of the most infamous figures in American history because of his role in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln...
Palin on Obama: He prefers pre-Civil War America
Palin opened up a new front in her attack of President Obama, apparently suggesting America's first black president wants to return to the days 'before the Civil War'...
