One of the stranger legends surrounding the controversial Confederate general Stonewall Jackson is the fact that Jackson's ...

"Waterloo" was his second release and the biggest record of his career. It was written by John D. Loudermilk and Marijohn ...

she said.” Next, Gen. Stonewall Jackson plays the Southern gentleman, gallantly sparing her. “‘Whoever touches a hair of yon ...

It’s John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Barbara Fritchie,” an American classic. For many decades, schoolchildren memorized and ...

One of the defining events of U.S. history is the Civil War, which lasted almost exactly four years, from April 12, 1861 to ...

Two of Merle Haggard's sons will perform at Muskogee Civic Center 55 years after their father sang "Okie From Muskogee" at a ...

The delay in the Union crossing allowed Lee to gather his forces in and around Fredericksburg. With Gen. ‘Stonewall,’ Jackson and his division dug into defensive earthworks from Prospect Hill to ...

Lynchburg Parks & Recreation put out a call to artists interested in creating a mural for a shed at Riverside Park that ...

Thornton G. Wyndham, 98 years old, who died at his home here this week, after a brief illness, was for many years a staunch ...

Joseph Hilton, a Confederate general and an extremely wealthy lumber baron, after summering at River Hook for eighteen years, ...

You can also learn about the 1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry, which saw Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson lead a successful attack against the Union garrison there. This was the largest defeat of ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...