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Arlington House
Arlington House, also known as the Lee-Custis Mansion, overlooks Washington, D.C., from a rise across the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia. Constructed between 1802 and 1818, it was one of the...
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Fort Lee
Fort Lee, located near Petersburg, Virginia, serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Army's Combined Arms Support Command and Quartermaster Corps. Since 1917, it has trained and educated thousands of...
View ArticleAulick, John H. (ca. 1791–1873)
John H. Aulick was a United States Navy officer whose appointment in 1851 to negotiate a treaty with Japan ended with his being relieved of command and replaced by Commodore Matthew C. Perry. Born in...
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Richmond Howitzers
The Richmond Howitzers is a military unit formed in Richmond not long after John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry late in 1859. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), three companies organized as the...
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Pentagon, The
The Pentagon, located in Arlington, Virginia, is home to the Department of Defense and serves as military headquarters for the United States. The enormous, 6.24-million-square-foot concrete structure...
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Virginia Military Institute During the Civil War
The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a state-funded military academy founded in 1839. Located in the Shenandoah Valley town of Lexington, it was only the second governmental military academy in...
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First Rockbridge Artillery
The First Rockbridge Artillery was organized on April 29, 1861, in Lexington, Virginia, and served throughout the duration of the American Civil War (1861–1865), firing its first shot in anger at the...
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Fort Monroe During the Civil War
Fort Monroe is a military installation located in Hampton Roads, Virginia, on the Peninsula overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. It was the only federal military installation in the Upper South to remain...
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Ambler, James M. (1848–1881)
James M. Ambler was a Confederate cavalryman during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and, after the war, a United States Navy surgeon. Ambler graduated from medical school in Baltimore, Maryland, in...
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Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition of 1907
The Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition, marking the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of Jamestown and the Virginia colony by settlers from England, was held in Norfolk, Virginia, from...
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Barron, Samuel (1809–1888)
Samuel Barron was a United States and Confederate States naval officer. The son and nephew of United States Navy captains, he was appointed a midshipman at two years old, reported for active duty at...
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Sherwood, Grace (ca. 1660–1740)
Grace Sherwood was the defendant in colonial Virginia's most notorious witch trial, which took place in Princess Anne County in 1706. Sherwood was rumored to be a witch as early as 1698, when she and...
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Military Organization and Rank During the Civil War
The Union and Confederate armies employed similar systems of organization and rank during the American Civil War (1861–1865).Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:45:19 EST
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Naval Station Norfolk
Naval Station Norfolk (NSN) is a United States Navy facility located near the mouth of the Elizabeth River and Hampton Roads at Sewells Point in Norfolk. Covering more than 4,300 acres of land, NSN is...
View ArticlePuller, Lewis Burwell "Chesty" (1898–1971)
Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, whose barrel chest and blunt manner inspired his nickname, was a thirty-seven-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps who rose to the rank of lieutenant general....
View ArticleBurnham, Horace Blois (1824–1894)
Horace Blois Burnham was an officer in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865); chief judge advocate of Military District One, the army unit that administered Virginia during...
View ArticleThe Humble Petition of Sarah Drummond (1677)
In the autumn of 1677, Sarah Drummond petitioned the Board of Trade and Plantations to restore to her the property of her late husband, William Drummond, who was executed for his role in Bacon's...
View ArticleA Raid on the Northern Neck; an excerpt from the History of the Twelfth...
In this excerpt from his memorial of his New Hanpshire regiment's service during the Civil War, Asa W. Bartlett describes a raid made on the Northern Neck of Virginia in January 1864. Wed, 04 Jun 2014...
View ArticleFirst Military District
The First Military District, also known as Military District No. 1, was one of five federal military districts created by the U.S. Congress after the American Civil War (1861–1865) to implement...
View Article"The Griffin Episode," Atlanta Constitution (March 19, 1899)
In "The Griffin Episode," published on March 19, 1899, the editors of the Atlanta Constitution argue that the "experiment of negro troops has been tried, and it has been a complete failure." That...
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