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 ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

The West Virginia tavern now known as Foster's Main Street Tavern gained Civil War history when two future presidents dined there in the midst of the war.

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.

“This is Virginia, every inch of Virginia is historic ... This core is one of the four Civil War battlegrounds included in the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Battlefields Memorial National ...

Civil War Trails marks sites of interest across Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Maryland. There are about 450 Civil War trail sites marked in Virginia, with 1,400 sites in ...

Take a trip back to Virginia's Colonial era with a stop at this historic city, which is lined with Colonial architecture and ...

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

Born in Maryland to free Black American parents, Benson had emigrated with his family to the West African colony at the age of 6. By the outbreak of the Civil War, in April 1861, he was one of the ...

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 ...

Todd’s Tavern, a pivotal landmark during the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House, stood on the tract’s southern portion, the Virginia agency said. Built in 1835, the ...

Two Civil War battlefields in and around Northern Virginia have been named to Preservation ... and infrastructure along Pageland Lane, west of Manassas National Battlefield Park and adjacent ...