Curated category
States of the Confederate States of America
- Confederate government of MissouriThe Price-Harney Truce of the 21st of May 1861 promised neutrality for Missouri as the Civil War erupted. Leading citizens in St.
- AlabamaThe name Alabama comes from a Muskogean-speaking tribe whose members lived near the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers.
- MississippiAround 9500 BC, the first human groups arrived in what is now Mississippi. These Paleo-Indians hunted megafauna that would soon vanish from the landscape.
- ArkansasIn 1881, the Arkansas General Assembly passed a law to settle a debate over how to say the state's name. They declared that the final s must be silent and…
- TexasThe Caddo people controlled much of northeastern Texas along the Red, Sabine, and Neches River basins when European explorers first arrived.
- TennesseeThe name Tennessee comes from a Cherokee town called Tanasi, located in present-day Monroe County. Spanish explorer Juan Pardo encountered a village named…
- LouisianaThe Watson Brake site near present-day Monroe stands as the oldest mound complex in North America. Archaeologists date this eleven-mound structure to…
- North CarolinaThe Hardaway Site in North Carolina dates back 10,000 years to the earliest evidence of human occupation. Before 200 AD, people built earthwork platform…
- South CarolinaThe Atlantic Ocean meets the land along South Carolina's eastern edge, creating a landscape defined by salt marshes and barrier islands.
- Georgia (U.S. state)On the 12th of February 1733, British General James Oglethorpe established the Province of Georgia in Savannah. This settlement occurred one year after the…
- FloridaThe first recorded human presence in Florida dates back at least 14,000 years to the Paleo-Indians who entered the peninsula.
- VirginiaIn 1607, the London Company established Jamestown as the first permanent English settlement in North America. This event marked a turning point for the…