Gun smoke billowed over Clover Hill Village in Appomattox this weekend, as the six-acre living history village was transformed into Richmond at the time of its fall to Union troops in April 1865.
One hundred fifty years ago Richmond sat smoldering. Confederate forces had withdrawn from the city to pursue their denouement in Appomattox. Union troops entered the capital of the Confederacy.
The world’s premier collection of Confederate artifacts at the Museum of the Confederacy and the city’s premier waterfront location at the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar are combining ...
The Battle of Richmond Association is preparing to host its annual Civil War reenactment on August 23 and 24, 2025, at Richmond Battlefield Park along Battlefield Memorial Highway. This event offers a ...
PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A national campaign is underway to permanently protect one of the Civil War’s most pivotal battlefields — the site of the Union army’s final charge that helped end the war.
The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. One of the most unique feuds came in the ...