Lexington During the Civil War
The town of Lexington is the seat of Rockbridge County in the Shenandoah Valley. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), it was home to Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) and the...
View ArticleCentreville During the Civil War
Centreville is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, settled by the English in the 1720s. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), its elevated topography and its proximity to...
View ArticleDanville During the Civil War
Danville, Virginia, in Pittsylvania County, is situated on the banks of the Dan River just three miles from the North Carolina border. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), its relative...
View ArticleLynchburg During the Civil War
Lynchburg, Virginia, is located just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the banks of the James River, where its founder, John Lynch, established a ferry service in 1757. On the eve of the American...
View ArticleCity Point During the Civil War
City Point (now Hopewell), located in central Virginia at the confluence of the James and Appomattox rivers, was the site of Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant's field headquarters during the...
View ArticleWinchester During the Civil War
Located in the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester was the most contested town in the Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861–1865), changing hands more than seventy times and earning its reputation...
View ArticleGordonsville During the Civil War
Gordonsville, Virginia, in Orange and Louisa counties, was founded as a stop on a stagecoach route and the site of a tavern. By the time of the American Civil War (1861–1865), it was a key railroad...
View ArticleSaltville During the Civil War
Saltville is a small town that lies mostly in Smyth County in southwestern Virginia, between the Holston River and the Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. During the American Civil War (1861–1865),...
View ArticleStaunton During the Civil War
Staunton, Virginia, the seat of Augusta County, was a key target in two major campaigns during the American Civil War (1861–1865), and remained strategically important throughout the entire war. With a...
View ArticleCulpeper County During the Civil War
With a population of 12,063, Culpeper was the forty-seventh largest of Virginia's 148 counties in 1860. More than half of that population was African American, including 6,675 slaves. The majority of...
View ArticlePetersburg During the Civil War
Petersburg, located in south central Virginia, was the second-largest city in the state at the outset of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Originally sharing the conservative political stance of most...
View ArticleRichmond During the Colonial Period
Richmond was the most prominent of the towns that emerged at the fall line of the James River during Virginia's colonial period. As early as 1608, the English settlers eyed a community near the...
View ArticleCounty Formation during the Colonial Period
While it has traditionally been held that Virginia's first counties were not formed until 1634, when the "country [was] divided into 8 shires," subsequent research has shown that progress toward county...
View ArticleCities of Virginia
Virginia's thirty-nine incorporated cities are politically and administratively independent of the counties with which they share borders, just as counties are politically and administratively...
View ArticleMartinsburg, Virginia, During the Civil War
Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), the county seat of Berkeley County, was in 1860 the Shenandoah Valley's second largest town, with a population of 3,364. Located in the northern portion of...
View ArticleRichmond During the Civil War
Richmond, Virginia, was the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–1865). It also served as the capital of Virginia, although when the city was about to fall...
View ArticleReston, Virginia
Reston is a community in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area located in western Fairfax County, Virginia. Conceived as an alternative to ailing cities and sprawling suburbs, Reston, along with...
View ArticleCharlottesville During the Civil War
Charlottesville provided the Confederate war effort with swords, uniforms, and artificial limbs during the American Civil War (1861–1865). It was also home to a 500-bed military hospital that employed...
View ArticleAn Act Continuing the Act directing the building the Capitol and the city of...
With this act, passed in 1699, the General Assembly relocates the capital of Virginia to Williamsburg from Jamestown.Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:24:34 EST
View ArticleAmendments proposed by the Council to the Bill Entituled an Act, continuing...
After the College of William and Mary catches fire in 1705, the General Assembly amends its 1699 act in an effort to encourage more construction efforts in the city of Williamsburg.Tue, 11 Oct 2016...
View ArticleWilliamsburg during the Colonial Period
Williamsburg was the capital of the Virginia colony from 1699 until 1779. Plotted on land first used by Virginia Indians, it was settled by the English during and just after the Second Anglo-Powhatan...
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