Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website ...
Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...
They knew they were making history, and it was the greatest adventure of their lives. The Civil War has ... town of Winchester, Virginia, changed hands 72 times during the war, and the state ...
As bedraggled Union troops retreated to their camp along the James River in Virginia in early July 1862 ... boy -- a critical position during the Civil War that was responsible for much more ...
South Carolina on Friday is scheduled to put the first person to death by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, ...
Library of Congress Harpers Ferry, Virginia, lay sleeping on the night ... This in turn led to the Civil War." Well into the 20th century, it was common to dismiss Brown as an irrational fanatic ...
A new exhibit at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture ... one object in the exhibit that was produced during the Civil War yet has its roots in the American Revolution.
The "Civil War Showcase" in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, offers an immersive experience ... a theater screening related films, and living history demonstrations, including a reenactment of ...
One of James I's first acts of foreign policy was to end the long war with Spain ... The first Africans who arrived in Jamestown, Virginia were not slaves but indentured servants.