Minnesota Won a Confederate Battle Flag From Virginia at Gettysburg. Here's Why It Won't Give It Back.

Minnesota won a Confederate battle flag from Virginia at Gettysburg. Here's why it won't give it back.

There might not be a lot of mystery surroundinghow the Civil War turned out when it ended in April 1865. In the simplest of oversimplified nutshells: The Union defeated the Confederacy. The nation was restored. And slavery was abolished. Cue documentarian Ken Burns for the rest of the details. But one Civil War mystery still brews long after Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army surrendered at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. It involves a question over…

Historical Musings: Samuel Bond was a Milton soldier at Gettysburg

One hundred, sixty-two years ago this weekend, our nation was assessing the aftermath of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. During the first three days of July in 1863, the Civil War reached a turning point following the battle…

Before, during and after the war, Loudoun was a county divided

In May 1861, Leesburg residents voted 400-22 to ratify Virginia’s Ordinance of Secession. A mere five miles northwest, however, the town of Waterford voted diametrically — by 220-31 — to remain in the Union.

Battle Of Gettysburg Ends

On July 3rd, 1863, the battle that ended the civil war.

Gettysburg: A Battle for Freedom and America’s Founding Principles

Battle of Gettysburg: A pivotal fight for freedom and America's founding values.

Re-enactors ready to take field in battle

Not that long ago, less than a decade, some members of the two armies re-enacting the Battle of Gettysburg each summer maintained their distance, both on and off the field, according to one Confederate re-enactor.