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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...

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Centreville 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...

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Danville 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...

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Lynchburg 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...

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City 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...

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Winchester 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...

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Gordonsville 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...

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Saltville 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),...

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Staunton 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...

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Culpeper 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...

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Petersburg 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...

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Richmond 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...

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County 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...

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Cities 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...

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Martinsburg, 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...

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Richmond 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...

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Reston, 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...

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Charlottesville 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...

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An 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

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Amendments 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...

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Williamsburg 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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