Two men have been arrested in connection with the theft of veteran grave markers in McDowell County, West Virginia, but the investigation is ongoing as authorities search for additional suspects ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The newly formed West Virginia Monument Construction Committee hopes to get the ball rolling for the West ...

The Civil War probably disrupted his business ventures because little is known of his activities after he voted for ... Irvin McDowell, a career military officer (West Point 1838) and a veteran ...

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 ...

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

Two men have been arrested after allegedly stealing from the graves of veterans during the Memorial Day weekend.

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

The bases wouldn't be formally named after Confederates who fought against the U.S. during the Civil War, but instead after other service members who share similar names.

proposing that Virginia seize what some would insist it never really surrendered in 1861, in the opening months of the Civil War: West Virginia. In one fell swoop, Virginia — the 12th-largest ...

Those affected in Virginia include Fort Barfoot in Blackstone, which will become Fort Pickett again, Fort Walker, which will ...