Lynchburg is home to the only museum honoring chaplains from the Civil War on both sides of the conflict. On Saturday, the National Civil War Chaplains Museum celebrated its grand reopening in its ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — A new historical marker is coming to Lynchburg to remind residents of the past which took place in the area: a prisoner-of-war camp that held Union soldiers during the ...

This Civil War-era tobacco warehouse was one of many in Lynchburg that found itself pressed into service as a hospital during the war, according to local historians.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - On this Memorial Day, The Lynchburg community is remembering those who fought and were left overseas. Around 200 people gathered for the Memorial Day Observance event at ...

When Civil War era reenactors descended upon the Old Lutheran Cemetery in Salisbury for the first annual Fame Fest on May 24, ... He was from right outside Lynchburg, Virginia.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A leader, educator and civil rights icon. The city of Lynchburg mourns the loss of a pillar in the community, Dr. Owen Cardwell.

And as they worked to identify the four men who fought with the Civil War’s rebel forces, they have compiled a list of 21 possible names — including four from a regiment organized in Lynchburg.

Folks at the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park got the chance to play and watch how Civil War 'Base Ball' was played. Two games were held on July 6, one at 10 a.m. and another at 1 p ...

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

The remains of several more Civil War veterans were sent to Maine, Rhode Island and other places where family connections were found. "Would have been lost to history" Among them was Byron Johnson.