Civil War: Camp Winder
150 years ago, just east of Byrd Park, sat the Confederacy’s largest hospital: Camp Winder.
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Civil War: The Battle at Brandy Station
150 years ago this week the largest cavalry battle in North American history unfolded just north of Richmond.
Civil War: The funeral of Stonewall Jackson
150 years ago this week one of the legends of the Confederacy was laid to rest.
Civil War: The final days of Stonewall Jackson
The Civil War icon meets his fate 150 years ago this week.
Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville
As April came to a close, Union General Joseph Hooker had put together an audacious plan to take Richmond by flanking Robert E. Lee’s much smaller force at a little village called Chancellorsville.
Civil War: The Bread Riot
This week in 1863 a group of women gathered at the Capitol to protest the lack of food in Richmond–things quickly turned violent.
Civil War: Aftermath of the Explosion
After the massive explosion on Brown’s Island in March of 1863, Richmond was in mourning.
Civil War: An Explosion rocks Brown’s Island
On March 13th, 1863 a deadly explosion rocked Brown’s Island.
Civil War: The Miserable winter
February 1863 found both armies licking their wounds and making plans for spring and summer. Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac, newly led by Union Gen. Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Hooker, faced each other near Fredericksburg, unmoving but ever-present, in a showdown that would culminate once the weather […]
Civil War: The Mud March
Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s second attempt to strike at Richmond was easily thwarted–not by Confederate soldiers but by mud. Lots and lots of mud.
