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Brandy Station Battlefield, site of the biggest cavalry battle of the Civil War and Virginia’s newest state park, now has a ...
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 Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...
The battles of the Overland Campaign would be different because, in 1864, Union forces in Virginia were under the overall command of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. READ MORE from Francis P. Sempa: Jimmy ...
Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...
Four historic sites associated with the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg are part of the new Coastal Virginia Civil War wayfinding brochure created by the Virginia Civil War Trails. The sites include Fo… ...
Virginia farmland where Civil War battle occurred to be preserved. Howard Eberly, 79, said he remembers going outside after the rain fell on the plowed soil and finding such things as arrowheads ...
Virginia is doling out $1.3 million in grants to protect 211 acres of battlefields, with the shocker being that some of the money will protect properties associated with the actions of Black ...
The state of Minnesota has refused multiple requests from the state of Virginia to return a Confederate battle flag captured during the U.S. Civil War.
Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...
DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Two Civil War battlefields in Central Virginia are receiving money for preservation and potential new programs thanks to a national grant. The National Park ...
> Longest conflict of the Civil War in Virginia: Siege of Yorktown (April 5, 1862 – May 4, 1862) > First conflict of the Civil War in Virginia: Naval battle at Sewell’s Point (May 18, 1861 ...