Unlike the Virginia proclamation, the 2010 Alabama proclamation noted, "our recognition of Confederate history also recognizes that slavery was one of the causes of the war, an issue in the war, was ended by the war and slavery is hereby condemned." See also Lee-Jackson Day Robert E. Lee Day References Further reading External links Virginia's Split Personality On The Confederacy - audio report by NPR If You Think the Civil War Ever Ended, Think Again by Adele Stan, Alternet Historiography of the American Civil War History of the Confederate States of America History of the Southern United States Commemorative months April observances