The Civil War exposes the risks of charging — or not charging — Trump. Andrew Johnson chose lenient punishments for the Confederate leadership. It helped fuel Jim Crow, but prevented renewed ...

Andrew Johnson, 29 Dec 1808 ... In addition to pardoning former Confederate leaders, Johnson vetoed the Freedman’s Bureau Bill, the Civil Rights Bill, and three military Reconstruction acts, all ...

Johnson clashed with a radical band of Republicans who wanted to provide rights to freed slaves and prevent Confederate leaders from regaining political control of Southern states, policies which ...

U.S. military bases will once again bear Confederate names. President Donald Trump is getting rid of Biden-era policies that changed the names of United States Army bases in 2021. The forts were ...

President Andrew Johnson, successor to slain Abraham Lincoln, initially agreed. But other Republicans were hesitant. They feared a trial would only re-open the wounds of a tragically divided nation.

Is Key West's Mallory Square named for a Confederate leader? ... He was also a slave owner and spent a year in prison after the Civil War until granted a pardon by President Andrew Johnson.

The US Army said Tuesday it will restore the names of seven Army bases that previously honored Confederate leaders.