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

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 ...

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

Archaeological excavation of the Magazine over the summer of 2023 revealed a mass burial containing the remains of four ...

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

The National Intelligencer, which one would hardly think of calling a sensation journal, has nevertheless on several occasions anticipated the War Department ... on Saturday to Yorktown, with ...

Civil War soldier and medal recipient William Harvey ... is listed in the Medal of Honor Museum on the USS Yorktown at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant.