Well, on May 22, 1861, a man by the name of Thornsbury Bailey Brown was killed in Fetterman, Virginia (modern day Taylor County, West Virginia). According to Emerging Civil War, Brown’s death ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Archives and History will present “West Virginia and the Civil War” in the Archives and History Library at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex, in Charleston ...

Tolson, an administrative assistant with Civil War Trails, worked with private collectors and members of West Virginia’s Jewish community to unearth details regarding the 1862 seders and Joel.

“We have to preserve history,” he said. “(June 20) is West Virginia’s anniversary. West Virginia became a state during the Civil War … so that’s why we kind of do it, to celebrate West ...

The West Virginia tavern now known as Foster's Main Street Tavern gained Civil War history when two future presidents dined there in the midst of the war.

Wilson signed the proclamation designating the second Sunday in May (recalling Grafton, West Virginia's choice of May 10) as a national holiday: Mother's Day was finally the law of the land ...

West Virginia ranks No. 46 overall among U.S. states based on ... West Virginia was the only state created from breaking apart from a Confederate state during the Civil War and played a key role ...

Now, 161 years later, Joel and his compatriots’ efforts are being preserved as a reminder of the contributions and commitment of Jewish soldiers during the Civil War. On April 3, a sign bearing ...