A park ranger for Richmond National Battlefield Park didn’t know his acting experience would come into play when he started ...
Travel off the beaten path to Sailor's Creek Battlefield. This Virginia state park has a bone-chilling history tied to the ...
The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation has secured a conservation easement to protect 98 acres of historic farmland near the Cross Keys Battlefield, a significant site in Civil War history.
More Civil War battles were fought in Tennessee than almost any other state (second only to Virginia). That history peppers the land, so a state law requires that any new construction on state ...
The action faces an uphill battle, Helmke said ... Then, during the Civil War, West Virginia became a state by splitting up Virginia, Helmke said. At the time, Virginia seceded from the Union ...
However, the lawsuit contends that efforts toward establishing freight rail service are outside SVBF’s mission to preserve Civil War battlefields and historic ... maintain and acquire railroads in ...
The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern identity through tumultuous battles and ...
A recent review on the impact of data centers in Virginia has disappointed ... In total, the American Battlefield Trust has preserved 58,000 acres of land associated with the Revolutionary War, the ...
An old cemetery in Hazlet contains the graves of several war veterans, but their locations are unclear. A construction project has people worried.
This month marks the 250th anniversary of the Fincastle Resolutions, in which leaders in the now-defunct Fincastle County ...
With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname "Moses" all over again—and became the first woman in U.S. history to lead a major military expedition.
The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, known for preserving the Civil War and historic sites, is facing legal action from one of its own members over plans to restore an inactive Manassas Gap ...