The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

However, more civil war battles were fought in Virginia than any other state. Virginia was the site of more than 100 battles, according to historical data from the National Archives Catalog.

The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were forced to flee, but soon found themselves cut off ...

In 1921, coal miners in West Virginia took up arms in one of the largest labor uprisings in U.S. history. The Battle of Blair Mountain was a fight for workers' rights, fair wages, and freedom from ...

Virginia took another decisive step in its ongoing reckoning with its Confederate past as the House of Delegates in a bipartisan move approved legislation to strip tax-exempt status from organizations ...

Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over ...

The Army of Northern Virginia, commonly referred to as "Lee's Army," was the Confederacy's main fighting force in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War. Strategically, the Eastern Theater was ...

Crew on site in January collecting images for National Endowment for the Humanities project creating historic graffiti ...

Current and former Virginia leaders are recalling the first Black mayor of Richmond for his trailblazing career and lifetime ...

Virginia captures the attention of history-loving travelers. Here, you'll find Colonial settlements, Civil War battlefields and presidential homes (Virginia's the home state of eight presidents ...

Virginia (about 95 miles west of Richmond). Thanks to its comprehensive collection of Confederate artifacts, weapons and art, this museum is a required stop for Civil War buffs. American Civil War ...