Florida legally observes Confederate Memorial Day, along with the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, but these ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President ... and Texas -- had split from the Union. The seceded states created the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson Davis ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

In December 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union ... Like California, South Carolina and other Confederate states bragged that their unique economies did not need the Union.