Civil War

Police stand guard after the confederate statue known as Silent Sam was toppled by protesters on campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Aug. 20, 2018.

Maybe Confederate statues should go, but campus mobs aren’t the way to do it

Brad Polumbo · August 22, 2018 5:55 pm

Protesters celebrate after the Confederate statue known as "Silent Sam" was toppled on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Protesters take down ‘Silent Sam’ Confederate statue on UNC campus

Diana Stancy Correll · August 21, 2018 3:38 am

Virginia GOP senatorial hopeful Corey Stewart gestures during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., on Feb. 22, 2018.

Virginia Senate candidate Corey Stewart leads Red Hen protest: ‘We support President Trump’

William Nardi · July 2, 2018 7:41 pm

The statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., has been a point of contention for the city.

Richmond commission recommends removal of Jefferson Davis monument

Brooke Conrad · July 2, 2018 6:50 pm

Corey Stewart, a conservative provocateur and supporter of President Trump won Virginia's Republican primary Tuesday in the U.S. Senate race, and he has promised to run a "vicious" campaign against incumbent Tim Kaine.

GOP Senate candidate: Civil War wasn’t ‘fought over the issue of slavery’

Naomi Lim · June 25, 2018 3:40 pm

Representative Steve King, a Republican from Iowa, speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority" legislative luncheon in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, June 13, 2015. The annual Faith & Freedom Coalition Policy Conference gives top-tier presidential contenders as well as long shots a chance to compete for the large evangelical Christian base in the crowded Republican primary contest.

Steve King compares ‘occupy’ protests at ICE offices to events leading up to Civil War

Katelyn Caralle · June 25, 2018 1:40 pm

The Logan Circle statue in Washington, D.C. is shown.

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The man who started Memorial Day

John Kartch · May 28, 2018 4:00 am

The Trial That Didn’t Happen

Allen C. Guelzo · April 13, 2018 5:10 am

Charles Heidsieck was born into a French family with a long history of marketing champagne.

Beltway Confidential

How ‘Champagne Charlie’ brought bubbly to the US

J. Mark Powell · January 25, 2018 6:08 pm

The Civil War is remembered as the time when blue fought gray. Yet it also contained a murky war within a war whose participants didn't wear uniforms or carry flags. (iStock)

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Terrorism, warfare, or just plain murder?

J. Mark Powell · November 13, 2017 8:30 pm

A New Grant

Carl Rollyson · November 3, 2017 7:10 am

"Does this administration think that slavery is wrong?" Ryan asked. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Reporter April Ryan asks White House if slavery was ‘wrong’

Eddie Scarry · October 31, 2017 7:36 pm