The Droop Mountain Battlefield became the first West Virginia State Park and part of the Civil War Discovery Trail, now known ...

West Virginia & Wisconsin remain in Civil War's United States. The government has been taken over by a three-term President, ...

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. Kentucky Coal ...

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

So, the group is told they have to go around through Pittsburgh and into West Virginia. Later on, you see a sign welcoming ...

WEBSTER SPRINGS, W.Va. — Perhaps no county in West Virginia is as isolated as Webster County. Entirely mountainous, no ...

Many now believe that the U.S. could descend into political violence. Some are joining survivalist communities, canning food—and buying guns.

The veteran of a dozen battles was killed at Petersburg, just before the war's end. Born on his family's estate west of Culpeper, Virginia ... During the Civil War, Hill was among the highest ...

Perhaps the most well-known destination in West Virginia, Harpers Ferry is more than a quaint 19th-century town. It's a National Historic Park with Civil War sites including battlefields ...

Famous for leading the ill-fated "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg, George Pickett was a West Point ... killed by the war's end. George Edward Pickett was raised in Richmond, Virginia, the eldest ...

Virginia (about 95 miles west of Richmond). Thanks to its comprehensive collection of Confederate artifacts, weapons and art, this museum is a required stop for Civil War buffs. The Historic ...