Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...

MICHEL MARTIN, CONTRIBUTOR: Thanks, Christiane. Jill Lepore, thanks so much for talking with us. JILL LEPORE, STAFF WRITER, “THE NEW YORKER”: Thank you for having me. MARTIN: Your recent piece for ...

Will Martin is a retired attorney; an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Law School; and the author of a Civil War novel, “Surrection.” The United States has indicted a president previously — the leader ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Three Alabama holidays commemorate Confederate leaders- one of them is Jefferson Davis’s birthday, observed Monday. State offices are closed, as are many county offices that rely ...