People were able to learn a bit about the Mid-Ohio Valley’s role in the American Civil War Saturday at Muskingum Park in ...

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.

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 ...

The "Civil War Showcase" in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, offers an immersive experience of the Civil War era. Visitors are greeted at a replica of John Brown's engine house and can explore ...

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.

Admitted to the Union in 1863, West Virginia was the only state created from breaking apart from a Confederate state during the Civil War and played a key role as a border state.

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 ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two more former correctional officers in West Virginia have pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being ...

A West Virginia sheriff's deputy allegedly punched and pepper sprayed a suspect in handcuffed. He is being charged with a federal civil rights violation.

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 ...

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 ...