An enormous cache of recently discovered Civil War letters and other 19th century documents has been donated to Virginia Tech by ... Wharton surrendered at Lynchburg on June 21, 1865.

A piece of American history has been unearthed at the Liberia House, one of the most historically significant sites in ...

The Wharton family stumbled upon over a thousand Civil War documents dating from the 1840s to the 1900s, firsthand accounts during wartime in Southwest Virginia and around 500 love letters between ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

Florida was the third state to secede from the Union during the Civil ... Before the war was over, Florida would be more economically devastated than any other state except Virginia.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - What’s now known as the Glencoe Museum in Radford used to be the home of Civil War Confederate General Gabriel Wharton. The home was passed down to his family.

After Harvard University stood up to reportedly unauthorized demands from the Trump administration that it cede control to the government over everything from hiring to admissions to curriculum design ...

MANASSAS, VA — A Civil War-era projectile ... By the time of the Civil War, it was one of western Prince William County's ...

captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this month. Carried by the 11th Virginia Infantry during ...

During the Biden administration ... the same time poses an inherent contradiction. Why does this war on payment choice matter to Virginia in particular? Simple: Small businesses in the Old ...