1862 was a calamitous year for the Union Army of the Potomac. George B. McClellan’s failed Peninsular Campaign and inability to vanquish...

Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, his family’s 3,000-acre plantation in Albemarle County, Virginia. His father,...

Long before the installation of maritime navigation aids, coastal Virginia was a vast wilderness unadulterated by European...

Established in 1757, Halifax, North Carolina, was originally an inland port that connected backcountry communities to bustling trade...

Prior to the Revolutionary War, the American colonies—rife with natural resources—were practically devoid of any large-scale industrial...

“There have been higher bridges not so long and longer bridges not so high, but taking the height and length together, this is, perhaps,...

The emergence of locomotive engines during the early 19th century revolutionized the capabilities of commerce and transportation across...

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum stands in commanding silence over the town of Weston, West Virginia—an imposing relic of America’s...

Inadequate infrastructure was a prevailing problem in 18th Century America, particularly in the Piedmont regions. While land and...

The decrepit brick facades and Doric columns of Barboursville were once the epitome of Jeffersonian architecture in Orange County,...