Aug. 19-21, Civil War Battle and Encampment in Mason City, Iowa. More than 500 reenactors will gather to re-create the 1865 Confederate withdrawal from Richmond and Petersburg, Va., and to portray ...

The unified letter titled "A Call for Constructive Engagement" included the president of Harvard University – the latest college in a high-profile battle with the Trump administration ... university's ...

In this new episode of Kings and Generals’ Civil War series, we cover the Battle of Fredericksburg—one of the bloodiest and most devastating defeats suffered by the Union Army. As General ...

While print and broadcast media in nearby Harrisonburg followed the flames in Rockingham, Shenandoah and neighboring Hardy County, W.Va ... General and noted Civil War historian, will conduct the ...

John Miller of the 8th Virginia Cavalry fought at the battle at Hurricane Bridge. He is ancestor of the writer, Amanda Hinchman. HURRICANE, W.Va. — Early research on a Civil War engagement in West ...

W.Va. (WOWK) — When West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863, the Civil War was still raging, meaning that even though it was no longer part of Virginia, Confederate troops were still stationed ...

The Battle of the Wilderness was fought May 5-7, 1864, in a woodland near Locust Grove, Va. It pitted Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant against Gen. Robert E. Lee for the first time. Iowa fought for the Union ...

This is the story of the hard-won battle to ensure an all-Black ... thousands of Black soldiers returning from World War I. Why build a Black VA hospital in the segregated Jim Crow South?

CARTHAGE, Mo. — A reenactment of the Civil War battle that was called “the first serious conflict between United States troops and the rebels” will be staged Sunday. Several hundred ...

PHILIPPI, W.Va. (WBOY) — The 2024 Blue and Gray Reunion in Philippi went out with a bang on Sunday with a reenactment of the first land battle of the American Civil War. Scattered showers in Philippi ...

PHILIPPI, W.Va (WDTV) - The first land battle of the Civil War happened in Philippi, West Virginia in 1861, and to commemorate that, this weekend is the annual Blue and Gray Reunion honoring the ...

“In the midst of the battle of Front Royal, Jackson is riding down from the mountains, a woman rides up to him, and she nearly just takes command,” Gruber said. “Does she even know who she is riding ...