In his new role, Chris Brown hopes that the breadth of Civil War Trail’s interpretation will grow and develop over time.

Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns once called the Civil War "the most important event in American history," because ...

Local student musicians perform Taps on the USS Yorktown deck at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant to honor fallen service ...

Fort Pocahontas is an earthwork fort constructed in 1864 by United States Colored Troops under the command of Gen. Edward A.

YORKTOWN, Va. — The eclipse on April 8 has ... And, he said, there's a reason why eye health is taken so seriously. "In the Civil War days [it's said] if you didn't have three opposable molars ...

The most exciting and important action of the war, thus far, the siege of Yorktown, is veiled in great part from the people's eyes by the mandates of the military authorities, and we only get the ...

YORKTOWN, Va. — As a young child ... These family origins can be traced back to the banks of the York River before the Civil War. “We were actually talking about an entire community of ...

> Longest conflict of the Civil War in Virginia: Siege of Yorktown (April 5, 1862 – May 4, 1862) > First conflict of the Civil War in Virginia: Naval battle at Sewell’s Point (May 18, 1861 ...

More images from an iconic U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk in the Pacific Ocean during World War II have been released ... camera inside the USS Yorktown on April 19 and 20, the agency ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...