Smithfield, Virginia, is full of charm, with historic homes, scenic riverfront parks, quirky pig statues, local shops, and ...

While sweeping the grounds of Gettysburg National Military Park as part of a rehabilitation project, an archaeologist ...

Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...

James Lutzweiler of Jamestown, N.C., has written two new self-published books about South Carolina and the primary cause of ...

A nonprofit ministry that has partnered with United Presbyterian Church in Jamestown is helping families in the eastern side of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by providing cows for milking.

With time on his hands, John Leach, a Connecticut resident who spends his summers in Jamestown, decided to research his genealogy. "I found out my great-great-grandfather was a Civil War veteran ...

Usually, a civil war is one where all of the fighting takes place within a single country. It occurs when two or more organized groups from the same country clash because of major disagreements ...

By the end of the Civil War, he said many people had seen enough of the hurt and separation from the war. Members of the American Legion and Auxiliary and others observe the placing of a wreath at ...

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY IN DES MOINES. GLENDALE CEMETERY. THE REMAINS OF 15 UNION CIVIL WAR VETERANS RESTED IN UNMARKED GRAVES, UNMARKED UNTIL TODAY. KCCI’S KAYLA JAMES SHARES THE EFFORTS TO ...

April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia. What is perhaps less well-known is ...

What is perhaps less well-known is Chautauqua County and the city of Jamestown as well have a connection to the Civil War. Barb Cessna, Fenton History Center Vets Finding Vets coordinator ...

One of James I's first acts of foreign policy was to end the long war with Spain ... The first Africans who arrived in Jamestown, Virginia were not slaves but indentured servants.