A corresponding ceremony, scheduled for 11 a.m. at Lovey Hope Center for the Arts, will be a reminder that “the original cast of the Civil War is more diverse than maybe we believe it today,” said ...

“ (June 20) is West Virginia’s anniversary. West Virginia became a state during the Civil War … so that’s why we kind of do it, to celebrate West Virginia Day as well as previous history.” ...

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, September 12-15, 1862: John Brown tried to take the town’s Federal armory in 1859. In 1862, Stonewall Jackson succeeded, capturing 12,000-plus Yankees —the ...