Virginia History

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SHARPSHOOTER DESERTER FINGERS SHOT OFF! CIVIL WAR HISTORY

He could shoot so well that he was assigned to...
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CIVIL WAR LETTER HOME! DIED A POW! HISTORY!

He served in the Confederate Army where he saw a...
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CIVIL WAR BATTLE THAT LAUNCHED CAREERS

President Abraham Lincoln said, “I hope to have God on...
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THE SCOTS-IRISH, A BRIEF HISTORY, BY JUDGE JOHN DAVID PRESTON

The Scots-Irish are a unique group of people that have...
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BROTHER & 5 CHILDREN MURDERED! TOLD BY GHOST OF JENNY WILEY

Jenny Wiley is a name that is very well known...
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GRAVE AND HISTORY OF GENERAL GEORGE ROGERS CLARK

He has been called, the “Washington of the West”, the...
Grave of Col. Richard Taylor, in Zachary Taylor, National Cemetery, in Louisville, Kentucky

RICHARD TAYLOR, EXPLORER, PIONEER, FATHER OF A PRESIDENT

In 1769, he and his brother were in the first...
Historic marker for Taylorsville

TAYLORSVILLE, KY – A BRIEF HISTORY

Taylorsville, Kentucky, is named for a man that came to...
General Lee's monument in the from of University Chapel, formally "Lee Chapel". Lee is entombed in the family vault on the lower level of the chapel.

TOMB OF ROBERT E. LEE

General Robert E. Lee is a name that is known...
Monument to the Heroic Overmountain Men, at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park, in Elizabethton, Tennessee

OVERMOUNTAIN MEN TURN TIDE OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR

The brave men that gathered at what is now known...