Us Civil War in Virginia

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

A secret rendezvous spot where John S. Mosby and his Rangers would meet to divvy up their loot after raids.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.