The battles of the Overland Campaign would be different because, in 1864, Union forces in Virginia were under the overall command of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. READ MORE from Francis P. Sempa: Jimmy ...

The Black soldiers marched south with Lt. Gen. U.S. Grant’s campaign, which included fierce battles at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, the North Anna River and Cold Harbor, then across ...

Four historic sites associated with the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg are part of the new Coastal Virginia Civil War wayfinding brochure created by the Virginia Civil War Trails. The sites include Fo… ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution when they uncovered the eye sockets of a human ...