Virginia did not allow Black residents to vote until after the Civil War. But during the war, a group of Black soldiers in ...

Virginia is granting more than $3.9 million to protect 621 acres of lands where Civil War battles raged, including two sites ...

People can now get a new tour at Fort Harrison that tells the story of some of the first Black soldiers who got to vote on ...

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that more than $3.9 million in grant funding will be allocated to protect 621 acres ...

"Dixie," known as the Confederate anthem, was played at former U.S. President Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden ...

Virginia (about 95 miles west of Richmond). Thanks to its comprehensive collection of Confederate artifacts, weapons and art, this museum is a required stop for Civil War buffs. The Historic ...

Throughout much of the Civil War, a key Union objective was to penetrate the South and seize the city of Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy. In order to take the city, Union troops ...

On the morning of September 29, 1864, as dawn broke over eastern Virginia ... a historian at the Richmond National Battlefield who has written several books on the Civil War.

Complete Guide to Richmond National Battlefield Park in Virginia including things to see, Civil War Battlefields, directions, ...

Mayor Levar Stoney has asked the Richmond City Council to re-designate Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground as a cemetery, ...

nearly all the rest would be killed by the war's end. George Edward Pickett was raised in Richmond, Virginia, the eldest of eight children born to a prominent Virginia family. Well liked by his ...

Richmond has its fair share of Civil War history, but it's also home to ... Richmond's youngest Holocaust survivors, Jay Ipson, the Virginia Holocaust Museum focuses on two narratives: a broad ...