Early in the American Civil War, having the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia so close to the Union capital of ...

A visit to a battle reenactment in rural Virginia revealed some surprising views about U.S. politics—and broad pessimism ...

At least that was the case for Richmond, which like most cities across ... When the city fell at the end of the Civil War, it was the tobacco warehouses that were targeted to burn.

Roberts stops on his tour around town to tell the story of Noah Anderson. Historical records suggest Anderson was a ...

On the morning of September 29, 1864, as dawn broke over eastern Virginia ... a historian at the Richmond National Battlefield who has written several books on the Civil War.

The present city of Richmond was founded in 1737. During the American Civil War, Richmond served as the capital of the Confederate States of America. The city entered the 20th century with one of ...

Virginia (about 95 miles west of Richmond). Thanks to its comprehensive collection of Confederate artifacts, weapons and art, this museum is a required stop for Civil War buffs. The Historic ...

nearly all the rest would be killed by the war's end. George Edward Pickett was raised in Richmond, Virginia, the eldest of eight children born to a prominent Virginia family. Well liked by his ...

Lee statue is removed in Richmond The statue's removal ... hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war. A Principal Struggles to Fix a Richmond Middle ...

Richmond has its fair share of Civil War history, but it's also home to ... Richmond's youngest Holocaust survivors, Jay Ipson, the Virginia Holocaust Museum focuses on two narratives: a broad ...

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