If you ever try to interfere with me or cross my path again, you do so at the peril of your life. – Bob Dylan, "Floater" In the damp spring of 1863 just outside Rome, Georgia, 450 Confederate ...

Gov. Bill Haslam supports discontinuing Tennessee license plates that feature the Confederate battle flag and removing the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the Tennessee statehouse. "I feel like ...

Nathan Bedford Forrest is by far the most controversial figure in Tennessee history. That's why a statue of him was removed from the hallway of the Tennessee State Capitol, and why his remains were ...

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This story is part of The Confederate Reckoning, a collaborative project of USA TODAY Network newsrooms across the South to critically examine the legacy of the Confederacy and its influence on ...