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 ...

A small town lawyer from West Virginia was in for an extraordinary ... of artifacts belonging to the previous owners from a Civil War-era mourning dress, to 18th century Spanish silver coins ...

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 ...

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.

(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 ...