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 ...

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 ...

On this day in 1863, West Virginia became the nation’s 35th state. The land that formed the new state originally constituted part of Virginia. It came into being 60 days after President Abraham ...

The two organizations will use the VBPF grants to leverage matching donations and conserve land associated with multiple battlefields of the Civil War: Chancellorsville (1863) in Spotsylvania ...

Fear spread through Cumberland County as the Army of Northern Virginia approached in that fateful year of 1863. Civil War 150: What life was like in 1863 in Cumberland County Skip to main content ...

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 ...