As statues of Confederate generals have been toppled or ordered down across the American South, all still stand in West Virginia, the only state born out of the American Civil War. One hundred ...

Even Memorial Day was founded with the Civil War in mind. States gave out their own medals too. In fact, West Virginia is still giving them out. In 1866, the West Virginia legislature passed a ...

One hundred and fifty years ago this week, West Virginia became the 35th state in the union. Born in in 1863, the middle of the Civil War, the state was created by patriots who didn't want to join ...

(Photo by Candice Black) WILLIAMSTOWN — Scenes from the Civil War were brought to Henderson Hall this weekend as a way to commemorate the establishment of West Virginia in the height of the war ...

West Virginia is the only state formed because of the Civil War. Just as North battled South in the country, West confronted East in Virginia. The two regions formed a single state in name ...

The battle is commonly considered the first land battle of the Civil War, though it is viewed as ... It also encouraged those in Western Virginia that wished to secede from Virginia and gain ...

Tolson, an administrative assistant with Civil War Trails, worked with private collectors and members of West Virginia’s Jewish community to unearth details regarding the 1862 seders and Joel.

West Virginia—often considered the northernmost ... much of the 1800s—a situation that came to a head around the Civil War. John Brown's 1859 raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry ...