She also was instrumental in setting up training for midwives and nurses in workhouse infirmaries Barton served as a nurse during the Civil War at the battles of Chantilly, Fairfax Station ...

The Civil War lingers in memory as brutal and heartbreaking ... John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, in 1859, had convinced the South that the Black population was poised to rise up in bloody ...

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia (top) and Chickamauga, Georgia (bottom) were the sites of two Civil War battles. Eliot Dudik In “Poem of Wonder at the Resurrection of the Wheat,” Walt Whitman ...

While Washington is a dream destination in its own right, it's in a prime spot that facilitates day trips to nearby ...

A statement about the legacy of John Brown, who hoped to start a revolt by enslaved people in the run-up to the Civil War, was removed from a page on the website of Harpers Ferry National ...

Had the law made civil war unavoidable ... his followers would stage a bloody attack on a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Cornered by U.S. Marines under the command of Col.

Laurel Hill is part of the Geocaching for History/Virtual Exhibits at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History. This ...

These seven towns prove that West Virginia’s charm goes far beyond its well-known attractions. Each offers its own unique ...

Harpers Ferry: Nature didn’t hold back when designing this river ... from John Brown’s raid that helped spark the Civil War to battles that saw the town change hands eight times during that conflict.

Famous for rugged landscapes and the Appalachian mountains, West Virginia is one of America’s most underrated states.