The search results below contain listings from our website. To search our library and museum collections catalogs, please visit the Collections page.
Article
Who Was American?
Image
By 1861, the United States population was steadily growing more diverse. Most nineteenth-century immigrants settled in...
Media
Why Did the Civil War Happen?
"Why Did the Civil War Happen?" is the subject of the introductory video for the VHS blockbuster show, An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia.
Article
Why is there a West Virginia?
Image
Secession from Virginia was the hope of some western Virginians as early as 1829. Many western Virginians felt...
Article
Why Richmond?
Image
Once Virginia seceded, the Confederate government moved the capital to Richmond, the South’s second largest city. The...
Media
William Cabell Rives: A Country to Serve
On September 3 at noon, Barclay Rives delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “William Cabell Rives: A Country to Serve.”
Defying the president and...
Media
Without Precedent: The Invention of Chief Justice John Marshall
As a statesman, diplomat, secretary of state, and chief justice, no one in the founding generation had a more enduring impact on our country’s...
Article
Woodrow Wilson
Image
Learn about Woodrow Wilson.
Media
Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War
On March 24, 2011, Douglas R. Egerton delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that...