The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at – June 15, 1876: Attorney and civil right activist T. G. Nutter was ...

On the eve of anniversaries of the Declaration and the Battle of Gettysburg, it’s time to consider connections between the wars in York County.

John James Davis was shocked to learn that the Virginia Convention had endorsed secession on April 17, 1861. A Clarksburg ...

Since 1863, West Virginians have celebrated June 20 as independence day for the state and its people. West Virginia broke free of a Commonwealth of Virginia government that spent decades prioritizing ...

Virginia is granting more than $3.9 million to protect 621 acres of lands where Civil War battles raged, including two sites in Henrico County and one in Dinwiddie County, Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.

James Lutzweiler of Jamestown, N.C., has written two new self-published books about South Carolina and the primary cause of ...

The Catherine Furnace is all that’s left of a large operation the Confederacy used to melt iron and make cannonballs.

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

History holds lessons of things we should learn from as well as things we should never forget. The Day the War Stopped is a ...

Buried in an unmarked grave for decades, one of Porter County’s most remarkable Civil War casualties is finally getting her ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey vowed Wednesday that his administration will improve transparency and policies within the state's embattled foster care system.

Coastal North Carolina is where dozens of major movies, as well as iconic TV shows like "Dawson’s Creek" and "One Tree Hill," ...