A month-long lecture series, “1861: Virginia Prepares for War,” continues Feb. 10 in Abingdon with a lecture by Dr. Brian Wills on the various depictions of the Civil War in film and speculations ...

At the time the Civil War began in 1861, the United States government did not print paper money; it only minted coins. As a historian of the American Civil War, I study how the Confederate government ...

BATAVIA -- An ongoing series of lectures organized by Genesee Community College on the Civil War turns to the role of weather and topography for a Wednesday discussion. Dr. Aaron Wheeler of Capital ...

David W. Blight, one of the country’s foremost authorities on slavery and the Civil War, will lead a course exploring the intertwined and lasting legacies of the two as part of an annual Yale lecture ...

A month-long lecture series, “1861: Virginia Prepares for War,” begins this week in Abingdon. It is sponsored by the Arts Array of Virginia Highlands Community College in conjunction with the ...

We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 — 160 years ago Wednesday. In fact, reality was ...

Local author Dr. Walter B. Curry, Jr. will be giving a virtual lecture on his maternal ancestor, Lavinia Corley Thompson, enslaved experience and Civil War survival at the International African ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. What happened to Confederate money after the ...