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 ...

Strategically, the Eastern Theater was arguably the most important battleground of the Civil War; comprising the states of Virginia, West Virginia Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the District of ...

BEVERLY — Two Randolph County organizations have received state grants for a pair of historical projects. The West Virginia Humanities Council recently awarded seven new minigrants, including one to ...

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 ...

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - Lori Sexton received the West Virginia History Hero Award this month for her work with the Mercer County Historical Society and her research on women during the Civil War.

Born on his family's estate west of Culpeper, Virginia, Ambrose Powell Hill received ... who served as a groomsman in the wedding. During the Civil War, Hill was among the highest-regarded ...