In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who ...

In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who ...

The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office donated cemetery markers at a Civil War memorial to honor Black soldiers that fought for the ...

This story was originally published in May 2021. There are nearly 150 Civil War memorials in more than 130 cities and towns ...

One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.

More than a half century after Americans began decorating the graves of those who died during the Civil War, the annual ...

Green Bluff's Siemers Farm, known for strawberry and fall festivals, transformed into a Civil War battlefield this Memorial Day weekend. Late Saturday morning, Union and Confederate soldiers traded ...

Nearly 13,000 soldiers died at this Civil War site. Andersonville National Historic Site is preserving their memory.

A study has found that land owned by the city of Richmond, Virginia, possibly contains more than 700 unmarked graves. Some of those graves could belong to Confederate soldiers who died in the ...