This anecdote reflects a historiographical debate about the Civil War in general. Was the cause of Confederate defeat external, or internal? Those who emphasize internal causes attribute the ...

The Museum of the Confederacy formed in Richmond in 1894, inside the White House of the Confederacy, to present a pro-Confederate version of history. The merger was spearheaded by the museum's ...

There were southern states which separated themselves from the United States of America and formed a new nation called the Confederate States of America. The Confederate States of America were ...