Due to the location of the discovery and the history of Staunton, Virginia, Weller and his team believe the cannonball dates back to the Civil War-era. "Once we determine an item is a potential ...

Landscapers were blown away when they found a possible Civil War cannonball while working in the yard of a Virginia home. The object — believed to be a rock at first — left real estate agent ...

Bagby. In March 1862, during the Civil War, the Army of Northern Virginia transformed the Exchange Hotel near the train stop into the Gordonsville Receiving Hospital, and during this time ...

VARINA, Virginia — Growing up in Varina in the ... through Confederate defenses for their greatest victory of the Civil War. The battle directly led to the fall of Petersburg, and then Richmond.

It’s a common misconception that the Civil War ended when Gen. Robert E Lee surrendered his troops at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9, 1865. Lee’s defeat and surrender were key contributors ...

and the Civil War (1861-1865). A total of eight projects will receive funding through the Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund to acquire land for the purposes of permanent preservation and ...

An enormous cache of recently discovered Civil War letters and other 19th century documents has been donated to Virginia Tech by a descendant of a Confederate general who later played a key role ...