A groundbreaking tribute celebrating the sacrifice of 70 Black Union soldiers will soon grace the heart of Downtown Rocky ...

Countries have been born, subsumed, and redirected at locations in the District of Columbia. Some nations’ most influential ...

To better understand what life was like during the Civil War, visit the Jennie Wade House. This historic building is where Mary Virginia "Jennie ... bullet on July 3, 1863, the last day of ...

More Civil War battles were fought in Tennessee than almost any other state (second only to Virginia). That history peppers the ... The trench could be part of the Battle of Fort Sanders from November ...

While most people associate secession with America’s Civil War history ... the middle of that conflict. In 1863, 48 counties in the western part of Virginia seceded from the Old Dominion ...

At Antietam and Gettysburg, the Union successfully repelled Confederate invasions of the North. Although the Union had been ...

While most people associate secession with America’s Civil War history, the idea of disuniting ... effort happened during the middle of that conflict. In 1863, 48 counties in the western part of ...

especially those with an interest in the Civil War. It was here that Confederate troops clashed with Union soldiers for three days in July 1863, resulting in a decisive victory for the North.

There are many salt “licks” along Saline Bayou, but the most famous of the licks used by immigrants to the New World was ...

It is one of three Civil War monuments that grace this oval plaza and entryway ... Warren was named Lieutenant Colonel of the Fifth Regiment in New York in 1861, and fought at Big Bethel, Virginia.

The Williamsburg Battlefield Association wants to unify efforts to save and preserve core elements of Williamsburg’s ...

During his pastorate at Diamond Hill Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, he became actively involved in the Civil Rights movement, establishing Dr. Martin Luther King’s work there as the ...