Civil War buffs are getting access to a treasure trove of information — thousands of original maps and diagrams of battles and military campaigns between 1861 and 1865, all posted on the Internet.

The Virginia Museum of the Civil War provides opportunities to reflect upon the Battle of New Market which happened on May 15, 1864. Students from Virginia Military Institute, who were as young as ...

The National Park Service will conduct tours of a pivotal Civil War battlefield for the first time this September, marking the 158th anniversary of the battle of New Market heights.

More major battles of the Civil War were fought in Virginia than in any other state. The National Park Service lists 123 sites, the most significant of which are protected in six national parks.

A new Richmond museum merging the Museum of the Confederacy and the American Civil War Center has been named. The combined institution will be called the American Civil War Museum. It will occupy a ...

Four Mile Creek Farm is a core part of the New Market Heights Battlefield and the scene of the battle on Sept. 29, 1864, when the U.S. Colored Troops broke through Confederate defenses for their ...

Civil War scholar Jeffrey Hunt detailed the movements of General George Meade and Union forces from July to December 1863 as they followed Confederates through Virginia. This event was part of ...

If signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Virginia’s new two-year budget will create a state park focused on several Civil War battlefields in Culpeper County.