“Richmond is known as a city of monuments. And the marquee street for monuments is Monument Avenue,” declared Richmond sportswriter Paul Woody in a 1995
November 21, 2017
By Sean Kane
Interpretation & Programs Specialist
Did Ulysses S. Grant own slaves during the Civil War?
No, but it will come as a surprise to many people, that Grant did in fact own a
November 13, 2017
Ari Kelman is the Chancellor’s Leadership Professor of History at the University of California, Davis, where he teaches a wide range of courses on the Civil War,
November 10, 2017
By Robert Hancock
Senior Curator & Director of Collections
This pipe was made from a piece of dogwood tree that was cut by a shell fired from a gunboat on the Potomac River in 1863. John F. Brooks, a first
November 9, 2017
Keith Richotte, Jr. is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and an assistant professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also serves as an Associate Justice on the Turtle
