The West Virginia tavern now known as Foster's Main Street Tavern gained Civil War history when two future presidents dined there in the midst of the war.

Tolson, an administrative assistant with Civil War Trails, worked with private collectors and members of West Virginia’s Jewish community to unearth details regarding the 1862 seders and Joel.

West Virginia is chock full of history, not the least of which is this local watering hole built where two U.S. presidents headquartered during the Civil War.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Archives and History will present “West Virginia and the Civil War” in the Archives and History Library at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex, in Charleston ...

During the Civil War, Anna's mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis, organized women's groups to help care for sick or wounded Confederate and Union troops and organized Mother's Friendship Day to bring ...

Visitors to this year’s Dogwood Festival can get a glimpse into Civil War-era life in Farmville thanks to a special exhibit being featured at the town’s May Museum.

Montani Semper Liberi: Civil War reenactment at Henderson Hall celebrates West Virginia Day Community News Jun 24, 2024 Michelle Dillon Staff Reporter mdillon@newsandsentinel.com ...

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A former West Virginia correctional officer has pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked ...

A small town lawyer from West Virginia was in for an extraordinary surprise when he discovered a 253-year-old pre-Revolutionary War fort hidden inside the walls of his Monroe County plantation home.

AUGUSTA COUNTY — Augusta County added a new story to the Civil War Trails program, one which has been largely forgotten for more than 160 years. Titled “Civil Disobedience, the Plight of Pacifists,” ...

“There have been Jewish people in Virginia and West Virginia from the 18th century … so, of course, they would be celebrating a seder during the Civil War.” Tolson credited Jewish Appalachians, like ...