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GHENT, WV (WVNS) — Did you know that the first Union casualty in the American Civil War is buried in West Virginia? So, according to the Tipperary Museum of Hidden History, the first actual ...
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.
Montani Semper Liberi: Civil War reenactment at Henderson Hall celebrates West Virginia Day Community News Jun 24, 2024 Michelle Dillon Staff Reporter [email protected] ...
West Virginia is chock full of history, not the least of which is this local watering hole built where two U.S. presidents headquartered during the Civil War.
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 ...
The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...
Admitted to the Union in 1863, West Virginia was the only state created from breaking apart from a Confederate state during the Civil War and played a key role as a border state.
A West Virginia man has discovered a pre-Revolutionary log fort hidden beneath the plaster walls of his home. He purchased the property in 2019 after the last descendant died.
During the Civil War, Anna's mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis, organized women's groups to help care for sick or wounded Confederate and Union troops and organized Mother's Friendship Day to bring ...
An enormous cache of recently discovered Civil War letters and other 19th century documents has been donated to Virginia Tech by a descendant of a Confederate general who later played a key role ...
The organization began in Virginia in 1994 and has since grown to incorporate Civil War sites in Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Tennessee.
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. Born in ...