Archaeologists have discovered a 150-year-old "witch bottle" used to ward off evil spirits in a Civil War-era fort in ...

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

Just a few minutes outside of Washington, D.C., a historic estate that served as a hospital and fort protecting the city during the Civil War is asking ... James Mason of Virginia, according ...

Fort Pocahontas is an earthwork fort constructed in 1864 by United States Colored Troops under the command of Gen. Edward A.

Even though Virginia had seceded from the Union in 1861, Fort Monroe stayed in Union hands for the entirety of the Civil War ...

CHARLES CITY, Va. -- Harrison Ruffin Tyler, the last living grandson of U.S. President John Tyler born 83 years after his ...

After three slaves were granted sanctuary behind Union lines at Fort Monroe in Hampton on ... program development and coordinator for Virginia's Civil War exhibit at the Virginia Historical ...

The Confederacy spared no expense defending cities like Richmond and Petersburg in Virginia ... other ideas. Fort Jackson was the site of a decisive Union victory in the Civil War portrayed ...

Every major administration official who served under Joe Biden helped hide the president’s decline — and some Dems are using ...

The public beach also offers shaded areas, restrooms, and public parking. Among Virginia’s 10,000 miles of shoreline lies a ...