The Texas park at the center of the border battle between Texas and Washington DC is named after a confederate general who refused to surrender and instead fled to Mexico.
Amidst national controversy over the Confederate Flag and the role of the Confederacy in slavery, new Texas social studies text books are actively downplaying the role of slavery in the Civil War.
Rascal Flatts have conquered the stage, and now they're about to take over your TV, too. The country supergroup will be featured as actors and composers in a forthcoming television mini-series about the Civil War.