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Virginia is doling out $1.3 million in grants to ... protect properties associated with the actions of Black troops during the Civil War. ... the War of 1812, and the Civil War (1861-1865). ...
The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black ...
Landscapers were blown away when they found a possible civil war cannonball while working in the yard of a Virginia ... during 1861 and 1865. Union troops targeted Staunton for nearly two ...
Now, 160 years later, 70 Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War from 1863 to 1865 will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount in Franklin County, Virginia, where ...
The Library of Virginia will present a free talk by historian Jody Lynn Allen on her new book about a Black community in Virginia fighting for civil rights in the 19th century on May 29.
The American Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865 between the Northern states, ... Culture clash over Civil War in Virginia schools. Last updated: May 12, ... The issue came back into public ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHTM) — On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant. On April 26, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the ar… ...
Now, 160 years later, 70 Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War from 1863 to 1865 will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount in Franklin County, Virginia, where ...