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 ...

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 ...

CAL RIPKEN JR.: Whenever Hunter Harris flies aloft in his World War II era biplane... He beholds a place of splendor... Of landscape and water. In it, battles have been fought, [Boom of the cannon ...

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 ...

Harpers Ferry is where American history decided to have a highlight reel. John Brown’s raid, Civil War battles, the largest surrender of Federal troops during the Civil War – it all happened here in ...

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

One hundred sixty years ago, at Spotsylvania Courthouse, Ulysses S. Grant was looking for some kind of breakthrough against ...