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 ...

A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers' remains. ... They quickly surmised the bones were actually from the Civil War, ... census data and Union prisoner of war documents.

The Virginia Civil War Museum in Richmond, … Vanderbilt University history professor emeritus Richard Blackett talked about Underground Railroad and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law.

Richmond, Virginia — or “RVA,” as locals call it — has top-notch museums and intriguing neighborhoods, and it’s a great spot for dining, drinking and getting outdoors.

The soldiers of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee marching triumphantly into Leesburg on Sept. 4, 1862, were greeted by joyful residents who had turned out to hail the victors of Second Manassas. Lee ...

More than six years in the making, the American Civil War Museum officially opened to the public Saturday, drawing visitors from across the country with a message that the war affected everyone.

The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg has expanded its Women at War exhibit, ... Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union supporter in Virginia, led one of the most successful spy rings of the war.

A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers' remains. ... Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War. The skeletons were found on the grounds of the Colonial Williamsburg ...

The bullet in the soldier’s spine was a Minié ball, a common round of Civil War ammunition. The foot of one amputated leg also contained a Minié ball. Bones in a second severed leg were shattered.