It would be the U.S. Navy’s biggest defeat until World War II and threatened to change the balance of power in American ...

However, more civil war battles were fought in Virginia than any other state. Virginia was the site of more than 100 battles, according to historical data from the National Archives Catalog.

By then, the Civil War was more than three years old ... Grant's Overland Campaign, a series of battles fought in Virginia. Photograph by Virginia Historical Society, Bridgeman Images It was ...

During battle, the Army of Northern Virginia numbered between 54,000 and ... not slavery, caused the Civil War, and that Confederate soldiers were heroic and defeated militarily only because ...

The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation has secured a conservation easement to protect 98 acres of historic farmland ...

And walk through Gettysburg Battlefield, gaining insight into why it's considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. Gain valuable insights from local historians and licensed ...

Virginia captures the attention of history-loving travelers. Here, you'll find Colonial settlements, Civil War battlefields and presidential homes (Virginia's the home state of eight presidents ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

One of the most important battles of the U.S. Civil War -- and indeed of all U.S. history ... as the Confederate Army of North Virginia, commanded by Robert E. Lee, and the Union Army of ...