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Much has been made about the importance of Richmond, Virginia, as the seat of Confederate government and as a source of industrial might. Installations around the capital armed, clothed, and treated countless Confederate soldiers, and its fall to Union forces essentially guaranteed the hasty end of the war.
For all that has been published concerning Richmond’s transpor...
Although the United States officially commemorates George Washington’s birthday on President’s Day (this year, February 16), his actually birthday is today, February 22.
To commemorate the day, I wanted to re-share a podcast episode I recorded a few months ago with Dr. Abbi Smithmyer. Abbi’s dissertation focused on the ways in which both the North and the South tried t...
CVBT History Wire – Freedom Had Dawned: African Americans in Civil War Central Virginia
The February 2026 “CVBT History Wire” examines numerous accounts about how African Americans shaped the Civil War experience of central Virginia.