The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas ... the slaves in all rebel areas on January 1, 1863. Secretary of State William H.

Civil War's United States has been splintered into multiple warring factions, but a shared enemy has united most of them ...

One of the most important battles of the U.S. Civil War -- and indeed ... days of July 1-3, 1863, the country held its collective breath, as the Confederate Army of North Virginia, commanded ...

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. West Virginia ...

Much has been written about how, in the late summer of 1863, elements of the Army of Northern Virginia, under Lt ... readable account of one of the least known campaigns in the Civil War, in a region ...

To better understand what life was like during the Civil War, visit the Jennie Wade House. This historic building is where Mary Virginia "Jennie ... bullet on July 3, 1863, the last day of ...

How much do you know about female spies? What about female spies of the American Civil War? Figures like Rose O’Neal Greenhow and Elizabeth Van Lew often come to mind when this topic is brought up, ...

On September 12, Real Clear Polling updated its Electoral College Map predictions to include Virginia among its list of states which leans Democrat, having previously suggested the race between ...

But for some students in Virginia, the most pressing question ... named after a prominent Confederate general in America’s Civil War. The school bore that name from 1960 until July 2021 ...

Virginia leaders such as Gov. Glenn Youngkin should stand with commonwealth workers and against dangerous plans to gut the civil service. Skip to content All Sections ...

In 1941, Virginia “Ginger” Hislop was 22 years old ... her required classes but hadn’t quite finished her thesis when America suddenly entered World War II. Overnight, Hislop’s priorities changed.

The hottest days of summer vacation are stopped cold in the capital of Virginia. While most schools nationwide are just starting the academic year, Richmond Public Schools opened the school year ...