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 Battle of Gettysburg, too, was explicitly a family affair. Many families sent soldiers who fought on opposite sides, ...

The Williamsburg Battlefield Association wants to unify efforts to save and preserve core elements of Williamsburg’s ...

The early 1800s mansion has been a school, the home of a member of Virginia’s Mason family and maybe even a wartime hospital.

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 ...

One of the major accomplishments during the Civil War was the establishment ... At the first major land battle of the war on July 16, 1861 in Virginia at Manassas (Bull Run), two unproven green ...

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 ...