As archaeologists with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation excavated a site in search of American Revolution history, the ...

A grant from the State Historic Records Advisory Board enabled the digitization of two Civil War-era diaries now available for online research on CARLI Digital Collections.

Standing proudly on B Street, Piper’s Opera House represents the sophisticated side of Virginia City’s boomtown days. This ...

Virginia City, Nevada isn’t just preserved—it’s alive, breathing stories through weathered wooden storefronts and whispering secrets down streets that have witnessed everything from silver-fueled ...

Nearly forty years ago National Parks Service historian Chris Calkins wrote a two-volume work on the Battle of Appomattox and its aftermath. In 2023 Savas Beatie issued a revised edition of the first ...

We’ve just discovered a new mountain region to love in the Southeast USA; Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. Home of ...

The historic West Virginia boomtown of Volcano has come back to life – in miniature. Thanks to the efforts of local modeler ...

The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

Oliver and other Sons of Confederate veterans interviewed said their group is primarily about honoring valiant ancestors and preserving Civil ... war, he attended Baylor University and West ...

Anna Jarvis was born in 1864 in West Virginia. She was one of her mother's more than 12 children -- though most died from diseases like measles. During the Civil War, Anna's mother, Ann Maria ...

Civil War railroading: Replacing the bridge over Potomac Creek in Northern Virginia was one of the first challenges ... the American Civil War wound down to a messy and anticlimactic end. By December ...

a strategic Civil War location, and finally to a thriving late-19th-century industrial center, there’s much to see. Here’s to an unforgettable experience. This remarkable confluence establishes ...