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.

Virginia is doling out $1.3 million in grants to protect 211 acres of battlefields, with the shocker being that some of the money will protect properties associated with the actions of Black troops ...

Volunteers of a little-known group called the Williamsburg Battlefield Association have come together in an effort to tell forgotten stories of the citizens, soldiers and enslaved people of the Civil ...

The US state of Virginia saw some 50% of the nation's Civil War casualties. Now, mass construction of AI data centres is encroaching on historic lands, the environment and local communities. As the ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The nomination window for the 2025 American Battlefield Trust Prize for History is now open, with publishers invited to submit outstanding works of relevant ...

"The overwhelming response to the American Revolution Experience perfectly illustrates the passion of DAR members and chapters, as they look to introduce their communities to the remarkable men and ...

Nomination window now open for military history books published in 2025 to be considered for next year's $50,000 prize Crawford's work was selected from dozens of entries from 15 distinct publishers ...

GREENFIELD – Maranda Anderson wanted to do more than just tell her students about the Civil War. She wanted them to get their hands on a bit of history. Last week, she shared a trunk full of replicas ...