Civil War: A wartime wedding
Gen. George PIckett, made famous by Pickett’s Charge, would celebrate his 150th wedding anniversary this week.
Archives: Civil War
Civil War: Retaliation and Henry Sawyer
150 years ago today, Captain Henry W. Sawyer’s life hung in the balance as he awaited execution in Richmond’s Libby Prison.
Civil War: Lee’s second resignation
150 years ago after his defeat at Gettysburg, Gen. Robert E. Lee would tender the second resignation of his career.
Civil War: The dead from Gettysburg return home
150 years ago in Gettysburg, thousands of Confederate soldiers were buried in shallow, unmarked graves. 140 years ago, the process of returning some of those soldiers to Hollywood Cemetery began.
Civil War: Gettysburg and Pickett’s Charge
150 years ago today, Richmonder George Pickett would lead the fateful “Pickett’s Charge” which would mark a turning point in the Civil War.
Civil War: Camp Winder
150 years ago, just east of Byrd Park, sat the Confederacy’s largest hospital: Camp Winder.
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.
