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The annual Battle of Richmond Civil War Reenactment, which takes place this weekend, commemorates one of the most pivotal clashes in Kentucky’s Civil War history.
May 31, 2025 Photos of 1865 Richmond Richmond National Battlefield Park historian Michael Gorman discussed how images captured in Richmond in 1865, now digit… ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond Battlefield Park will turn back the clock this weekend with a reenactment of the Battle of Richmond of the American Civil War.
Fort Gregg-Adams in Virginia has been renamed Fort Lee, now honoring Black Medal of Honor recipient Private Fitz Lee instead of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
Photography was still relatively new in 1861 as the Civil War began, but when America’s bloodiest conflict ended four years later, it had become possibly the most photographed event of the 19th ...
The capture of Richmond plucks out the very heart of the rebellion. It is not enough to say that the rebel capital has been taken.
After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them ...
In 1864, Black Union soldiers won a key victory over confederate forcesoutside of Richmond. Now, an archeological study could shed new light on the battlefield.
Authorities say a hidden camera captured members of a violent white supremacist group expressing hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war. Continue ...
Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...
Curt Sydnor’s new symphony depicts Lincoln’s visit to Richmond in the final days of the Civil War.
New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.