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.

Throughout much of the Civil War, a key Union objective was to penetrate the South and seize the city of Richmond, Virginia ... in part because the battle introduced obstacles his men had never ...

That sentence, or some variation, was repeated Wednesday by many of those who gathered at a Civil War battle site a few miles north of Joplin. A ceremony was held at the location — near the ...

Strategically, the Eastern Theater was arguably the most important battleground of the Civil War ... as well as site of the War's most famous battles. The Army of Northern Virginia before the ...

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia (top) and Chickamauga, Georgia (bottom) were the sites of two Civil War battles. Eliot Dudik In “Poem of Wonder at the Resurrection of the Wheat,” Walt Whitman ...

What did the Civil War do to railroading? The changes were rapid, profound, lasting, and formed the real basis of truly modern railroading.

The American Civil War Museum actually comprises three sites: The American Civil War ... the Confederacy at Appomattox sits in Appomattox, Virginia (about 95 miles west of Richmond).

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan – Four Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers recently conducted a close-quarters battle exchange training with members of the Tajik military. The engagement was conducted ...