Shiloh re-enactments this weekend

The bloody 1862 Civil War battle of Shiloh in Tennessee will be commemorated with a series of events through early April. • Article

150th a 'minefield throughout the South'

As Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell discovered when he proclaimed April as Confederate History Month without mentioning slavery (an omission he corrected after a volley of protests), pitching Dixie's past during the run-up to next year's 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War could be challenging. • Article