The project was part of several recent installations in the area by the organization Civil War Trails. Civil War Trails maintains 500 partners, including state and municipal tourism offices that ...

Marsha said her late husband would be thrilled that Cape Charles is joining the Civil War Trails program with a historic marker recognizing his grandfather’s life. “The Black community here ...

But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed. The North was not only fighting to preserve the Union, it was fighting to end slavery. Throughout this time, northern black men had continued to ...