The Civil War Trails program has placed more than 1,000 markers and interpretive signs in five states to commemorate battles and skirmishes both famous and obscure. Even though Southwest Virginia ...

While West Virginia's main sesquicentennial celebration has come and gone, folks around the state will be celebrating the 150th in a new, ... Civil War-related geocaching trail this weekend. ...

Apr. 3—FAYETTEVILLE — A special piece of war-time peace and tranquility was observed Monday in Fayetteville on the grounds of the Love Hope Center for the Arts at 100 Rotan Street.

Harpers Ferry: Pivotal spot on Civil War trail. Laura Ruane. ... The park located at the corners of West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland is a 90-minute drive from Washington, D.C.

The book covers the entire Appalachian Trail — the southernmost Civil War action took place from Hot Springs up north through Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland.

A corresponding ceremony, scheduled for 11 a.m. at Lovey Hope Center for the Arts, will be a reminder that “the original cast of the Civil War is more diverse than maybe we believe it today,” said ...

The June 26 opening of "Gettysburg: Invasion and Retreat," a 90-mile, 80-site historical driving tour, marks a new era in Civil War tourism, organizers say, and a milestone in the effort by ...

There are about 450 Civil War trail sites marked in Virginia, with 1,400 sites in all those states, according to Mitch Bowman, executive director of the program.

On June 20, 1863, West Virginia seceded from Virginia to align with the Union during the Civil War. It rejected the Confederacy then, but the state hasn't taken down any Confederate statues in 2020.

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.