The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were forced to flee, but soon found themselves cut off ...

Robert Donaldson was born Oct. 13, 1828, in Perry County, Ohio. He was the son of Thomas Donaldson and Nancy Saffer Donaldson. Both natives of Virginia, Thomas and Nancy immigrated to Ohio in 1823 ...

On the morning of September 29, 1864, as dawn broke over eastern Virginia, some 700 1 black ... New Market Heights is little more than a footnote in Civil War history—a battle, scholars agree ...

Dockum was born in New York, where he enlisted in the 16th New York Volunteers Infantry Regiment. He fought in numerous Civil War battles, including the three-day siege in Virginia. His actions ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...