The flag was originally used by the slave-owning states that lost the US Civil War (1861-65). On Sunday, the measure passed in both chambers of the Mississippi legislature: in the House of ...

Take some time to unwind with friends, family or yourself this weekend. Below you’ll find a list of some fun events going on ...

Take some time to unwind with friends, family or yourself this weekend. Below you’ll find a list of some fun events going on ...

1861. This has been a glorious day for Wyandotte. Three weeks ago to-day, just two miles below us and in plain sight of us, the Secessionists raised the black piratical flag of the Southern ...

The flag waving grows frantic ... To be an African-American in this world isn't much different than it was in 1861, and the Mississippi of 1962 has been forming in earnest for 14 years, with ...

Highlights include an original Magnolia flag, adopted in 1861 as the first official flag of Mississippi, that has been saved ...

Mississippi is one step closer to picking a new state flag after a commission on Tuesday advanced five final designs from the thousands of submissions received to replace the Confederate-themed flag ...

“Supporters of a flag change worked through the night to secure the remaining votes necessary for a successful vote to change the state flag,” State Representative Robert Johnson III, a ...

ANDERSON HICK, of Mississippi ... Commander. To Flag-Officer WM. W. MCKEAN. U.S. STEAMER MASSACHUSETTS, At Ship Island Passage, Sept. 20, 1861. SIR: I have to inform you that at 7 o'clock on ...

On December 20, 1860, South Carolina seceded. By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas -- had split from the Union. The seceded states ...

He proposed what was quickly called ”the Anaconda Plan”, to blockade the South, seize its coastal areas, and then send armies into its interior using the Mississippi and other great rivers. Although ...

This story was updated to add new information. STARKVILLE — Mississippi State football sustained an injury to its defense in last week's loss at Georgia. The Bulldogs' injury report, released on ...