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Acknowledgements

An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia is a signature program of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American

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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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Beginnings of Black Education

Few black Virginians received a formal education until public schools were widely established during Reconstruction. Public

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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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Elections from 1832 to 1872

This section contains information and memorabilia on the elections from 1832 to 1872. Scroll down the page to learn more

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Elections from 1876 to 1920

This section contains information and memorabilia on the elections from 1876 to 1920. Scroll down the page to learn more

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Hampton Institute and Booker T. Washington

Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was founded in 1868 by General Samuel Armstrong. He was interested in moral

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Interpreting Historical Images

A historical image can be interpreted in a number of ways. Each approach brings a different set of considerations, or frame

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Memory

Which John Brown have Americans remembered? The crusader for abolition or the bloodthirsty terrorist? Brown was not forgotten

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Online Resources

Anyone conducting research on the Civil War in Virginia is faced with a daunting task. Thousands of books have been written

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Reconciliation

After Appomattox, Ulysses S. Grant was the savior of the United States, while Robert E. Lee was the greatest hero of the Lost

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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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Surviving War – The Home Front

The prospect of life under United States military occupation caused some Virginians in the path of early U.S. advances to

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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 House

Virginia House was completed in 1928, and in 1929 it was presented to VHS.

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The Weddells

Learn more about Alexander Weddell and Virginia Chase Steedman Weddell.

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The World of Jim Crow

After the Civil War, Black Americans were no longer enslaved but they had not achieved equal status with whites in American

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W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP

W. E. B. Du Bois was the first black recipient of a Ph.D. from Harvard University. In The Souls of Black Folks , published in

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Waging War - The Battlefront

The easiest way to defeat the secessionist movement seemed to be to capture Richmond, the seat of the Confederate government