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Monday, March 25, 2013  A federal appellate court has upheld a South Carolina school district's decision to bar a student from wearing shirts with the Confederate battle flag on campus.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Coastal Carolina University held an ethics discussion Wednesday evening on the Confederate flag and its place in modern society. The event was open to the public.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A painting at Christopher's Art Gallery in downtown Marion is turning heads.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  A woman who sued the Latta School District when she was suspended from middle school for wearing a confederate themed shirt has been sentenced to prison for Burglary and Grand Larceny.

Saturday, July 28, 2012  Court records show a former Anderson County Councilman plans to plead guilty to mail fraud as part of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.

Thursday, May 10, 2012  In a somber, reflective ceremony, dozens of descendants of Southern troops gathered on the Battery in Charleston to mark Confederate Memorial Day in the state where the Civil War began.

Saturday, May 05, 2012  A government agency's plan to deepen a Georgia shipping channel faces a $14 million obstacle - a Confederate shipwreck that's been rotting in the Savannah River since 1864.

Sunday, April 15, 2012  Two brothers who lived during the Civil War-era have been reunited in a Raleigh cemetery. Joel and Joseph Holleman were re-buried Saturday at Oakwood Cemetery.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  NewsChannel 15 has learned a federal judge has dismissed Candice Hardwick's lawsuit against the Latta School District.

Thursday, February 02, 2012  A piece of Civil War history that was restored in Murrells Inlet is on its way to Nashville, Tennessee to be put on public display.

Saturday, October 29, 2011  Earlier this month when Ashton Jacobs brought his truck with the confederate flag in tow to his school, he says the Carolina Forest High School Resource Officer told him he had to take it down.

Thursday, August 18, 2011  A Civil War prison camp in southeast Georgia is still yielding archaeological treasures a year after its discovery was revealed.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  The NAACP's top officer is calling on South Carolina's first governor of color to bring down the Confederate flag that flies a stone's throw from her Statehouse office, calling the governor a "contradiction" for her lack of effort in bringing down the flag.

Sunday, June 19, 2011  After almost 150 years, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is closer to giving up the secret of why it sank.

Monday, June 13, 2011  The Civil War commemorations planned for the next several years have revived an unsettling debate that lingers 150 years after the conflict: how to view the role of African Americans in the Confederacy.