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From the heavy guns of a seacoast fort through battle-scarred Yorktown and the swampy outskirts of Richmond, the Virginia Peninsula tells the story of a massive war campaign and the evolution of warfare. Along this finger of land cut by the York and...

As he seemed to sense when he gave his famous farewell address to his Springfield friends and neighbors, Abraham Lincoln left Illinois in early 1861 not so much to go to the White House as to go to war. The great conflict commenced two months later,...

Ever wonder about the difference between lager, ale and stout? Learn for yourself this weekend at Richmond's ninth annual River City Beer and Seafood Festival, which will include more than 50 microbreweries featuring various types of craft and imported...

The dirt road leading up from the Appomattox River is empty and silent this late summer afternoon but, for the few dozen of us on the porch of the Clover Hill Tavern, the terrible echoes of America's Civil War still hang in the air. We are listening to...

Come see the Civil War as Robert E. Lee saw it. Ken Burns' public television series on the conflict, the movie "Gettysburg" and the historical novels of Michael and Jeff Shaara have generated a new birth of fascination with the Civil War in recent years....

Recently, I donated my collection of items relating to African Americans in the Civil War to a museum in formation in Richmond, Va. I began collecting more than 27 years ago, after viewing the television series "Roots," and have accumulated more than 3,...

No one asked which was the stronger naval power when the United States broke into Civil War. The North boasted a fleet of 42 warships. The South had virtually none. Yet, with the fall of Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth in April 1861, the Confederacy...