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A New Virginia
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In the early twentieth century, the nation’s economy was becoming more industrialized and its population more urbanized.
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An Eyewitness Account of Stonewall Jackson's Wounding
On the second day of the battle of Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia experienced its
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Conclusion
Throughout the twentieth century and during the past decade, apologists for John Brown have turned out imagery and
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Reconstruction
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During the decade following the Civil War, former Confederate states were required to “reconstruct” their state...
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Robert Knox Sneden Chronology
1832 June 3 born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, British provinces of America 1851 family moves to New York 1858 earliest
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The Battlefront in Virginia
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Home to the Confederate capital, Virginia became a battleground.
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The Civil War
In the spring of 1861, as the still youthful nation moved ever closer to what would become the Civil War, both Robert E. Lee
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The Weddells
Learn more about Alexander Weddell and Virginia Chase Steedman Weddell.
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Virginia and Women’s Suffrage
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Despite the socio-political changes that occurred during Reconstruction, women at the dawn of the twentieth century...
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War on the Home Front
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For some, the war brought deprivation, horror, and loss right to their very doorsteps.