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

The History Seekers traveled to Virginia for an epic metal detecting ... We uncovered everything from colonial coins to Civil War relics—and Scott even found a personal first!

The idea is that in order to preserve the history of the Civil ... and other Civil War related organizations inside and outside of the State of Virginia. Last week approximately 50 local residents ...

(WRIC) — The Library of Virginia will present a free talk by ... Black Life in Hanover County from Civil War to Civil Rights,” and begins in the era of Reconstruction and ends with ...

Anna Jarvis was born in 1864 in West Virginia. She was one of her mother's more than 12 children -- though most died from diseases like measles. During the Civil War, Anna's mother, Ann Maria ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short ... was forever changed by the war. Indeed, Smithsonian curator of political history Jon Grinspan says that drinking coffee three times a day ...

After learning about the Civil War-era witch bottle discovered near Williamsburg, Virginia, read about the historical origins ... He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, ...

“We think they will.” Filmed in Virginia last year, the film tells the story of seven young Virginia Military Institute cadets caught up in the Civil War, and the fatal charge of their corps ...

Not only does it include Detroit, Cincinnati, Atlanta and Miami, it showcases a wealth of Civil War history ... where the breathtaking view includes Virginia and Tennessee as well as Kentucky.

In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who served our country are not forgotten. More than ...

He is now an avid collector and local Civil War historian, in addition to being ... Preserving these items is “rescuing history from construction sites,” he said.