At the outbreak of the Civil War, Tom Traynham was living near the Traynham family planation known as “Traynham’s Grove” near ...

April 9 marks 160 years of the anniversary of when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. It was a pivotal moment in American history, and one of the ...

April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - What’s now known as the Glencoe Museum in Radford used to be the home of Civil War Confederate General Gabriel Wharton. The home was passed down to his family.

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil War: “Victory, Victory” and “The ...