THE CIVIL WAR effectively ended on Sunday, April 9, 1865, when Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia ...

A family was replaced following a house fire that occurred in Pamplin on Friday, Pamplin Volunteer Fire Department said.

Army Sgt. John Preston Donaldson of Butler, a Commissary Sergeant during the Civil War, was at the Village of Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee ...

The Appomattox County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a pair of local teens. Zoey Robertson and Anthony Wirth, both 17, were last seen in Appomattox County on Aug. 29. They were involved in a ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - On August 20, 1866, President Andrew Johnson, declaring that “the insurrection in the State of Texas has been completely and everywhere suppressed and ended,” officially ended the ...

PETERSBURG, Va. — Petersburg Mayor Sam Parham announced Thursday that the city is nearly 80 years behind the ball when it comes to a massive dredging project of the Appomattox River, which is partly ...

Thursday, April 9, marks the 150th anniversary of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. In recognition of this historic event that symbolized the end of the Civil War, take a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This print depicts a scene of Union ...

Originally unearthed for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House in 2015, the bell found its way to other park ceremonies — including ...

This gorgeous “Series of 1882” $5 brown back issued by the Midland National Bank of Washington Court House (C.H.), Ohio, is from the author’s collection. The wonderful title block of “Washington C.H.” ...

One person was hospitalized following a crash in Carroll County late Sunday evening, according to firefighters. Firefighter and resident hospitalized after house fire in Roanoke County Two people were ...