Civil War Widows
Civil War widows in Virginia are defined as women married to Confederate soldiers who died during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The... Find Out More
- Letter from John C. Underwood in the New York...
- Letter from John C. Underwood to Thomas Bayne, Norfolk...
- J. L. Cabell (1813–1889)
- James Branch Cabell (1879–1958)
- John Cabell (d. June 12, 1815)
- Joseph C. Cabell (1778–1856)
- William Cabell (1730–1798)
- William H. Cabell (1772–1853)
- Letter from William H. Cabell to the Speaker of...
- Cactus Hill Archaeological Site
- Alfred Caldwell (1817–1868)
- James Thomson Callender (1757 or 1758–1803)
- Christopher Calthorpe (ca. 1560–1662)
- Letter from Alexander Cameron to John Stuart (May 10,...
- William E. Cameron (1842–1927)
- John Camm (bap. 1717–1779)
- Archibald W. Campbell (1833–1899)
- Arthur Campbell (1743–1811)
- Letter from Arthur Campbell to Thomas Jefferson (January 15,...
- Christiana Campbell (ca. 1723–1792)
- Joseph T. Campbell (1827–1876)
- Preston W. Campbell (1874–1954)
- Richard Campbell (d. 1781)
- William Campbell (September 1, 1745–August 22, 1781)
- David Canada (fl. 1867–1869)
- James Cannon (1864–1944)
- William Capps (fl. 1609–1630)
- Letter from Guy Carleton to George Washington (May 12,...
- John S. Carlile (1817–1878)
- John Carlyle (1720–1780)
- Miles B. Carpenter (1889–1985)
- David Green Carr (1809–1883)
- Peter Carr (1770–1815)
- Carrie Buck Adjudged “Feeble-minded or Epileptic” (January 23, 1924)
- Carrie Buck Committed (January 23, 1924)
- Isaac H. Carrington (1827–1887)
- William Edward Carson (1870–1942)
- Letter from Robert “King” Carter to William Cage (1724)
- A. P. Carter (1891–1960)
- Charles Carter (1732–1796)
- Charles Carter (1732–1806)
- Charles Carter (ca. 1707–1764)
- Edward Carter (d. by 1682)
- James B. Carter (ca. 1816–1870)
- John Carter (1695 or 1696–1742)
- John Carter (ca. 1613–1670)
- Landon Carter (1710–1778)
- Maybelle Carter (1909–1978)
- Peter Jacob Carter (1845–1886)
- Robert Carter (1728–1804)
- Robert Carter (ca. 1664–1732)
- Robert Randolph Carter (1825–1888)
- Sara Carter (1898–1979)
- A Sketch of My Life and Our Family Record...
- William Richard Carter (1833–1864)
- Willis M. Carter (1852–1902)
- William Alexander Caruthers (1802–1846)
- William Carver (d. 1676)
- Archibald Cary (1721–1787)
- Letter from Archibald Cary to Richard Henry Lee (December...
- Henry Cary (ca. 1650–by 1720)
- Henry Cary (d. by 1750)
- Lott Cary (ca. 1780–1828)
- Miles Cary (bap. 1623–1667)
- Miles Cary (d. 1709)
- June Carter Cash (1929–2003)
- Castle Thunder Prison
- Willa Cather (1873–1947)
- Causes of Confederate Defeat in the Civil War
- Causes of the American Revolution in Virginia
- “A Caution to All Travellers to Philadelphia,” Virginia Journal...
- Cavaliers of Virginia, The (1834–1835)
- Cedar Mountain, Battle of
- Celebrating Marriage without License, or, etc.; How Punished (1924)
- Central College Board of Visitors Minutes (October 7, 1817)
- Centreville during the Civil War
- Ceramics, Virginia Indian
- Chairman’s Journal for Session of 1836–7 (September 3 – November 22,...
- Anna Maria Mead Chalmers (1809–1891)
- John Armstrong Chaloner (1862–1935)
- William W. Chamberlaine (1836–1923)
- Edward R. Chambers (1795–1872)
- Lenoir Chambers (1891–1970)
- Chancellorsville Campaign
- John T. Chappell (1845–1915)
- Chapter 1, Book 3 of The Generall Historie of...
- Chapter 12, Book 3 of The Generall Historie of...
- Chapter 15: “Thirty and Nine”; an excerpt from The...
- Chapter 161A of the Code of Virginia § 4097z–dd...
- Chapter 17 of Acts of the General Assembly of...
- Chapter 17 of The Trve Travels, Adventvres and Observations...
- Chapter 2: “Mr. Jefferson”; an excerpt from Lewis Rand...
- Chapter 28: "Chancellor Wythe's Death"; an excerpt from The...
- Chapter 33: “In Which My Friend Becomes My Foe”;...
- Chapter 357 of Acts and Joint Resolutions (Amending the...
- Chapter 46B of the Code of Virginia § 1095h–m...
- Chapter 7 of The Trve Travels, Adventvres and Observations...
- Chapter CIII of the Code of Virginia (1860)
- Chapter CIX of the Code of Virginia (1849)
- Chapter CXCII of the Code of Virginia (1873)
- Chapter II; an excerpt from Twelve Years a Slave...
- “Chapter IV Petersburgh—Richmond—Westover.” (1828)
- Chapter IV; an excerpt from With Thackeray in America...
- Chapter VII; an excerpt from the Narrative of the...
- “Chapter XII, The Smaller States Which Endured” (1936)
- “Chapter XIII 1675.—Continued. Bacon’s Rebellion.—Continued.” (1908)
- “Chapter XXVII Eugenics” (1926)
- Chapters 1–2 of The Trve Travels, Adventvres and Observations...
- Chapters 10–11, Book 3 of The Generall Historie of...
- Chapters 11–12 of The Trve Travels, Adventvres and Observations...
- Ruth LaCountess Harvey Wood Charity (1924–1996)
- Charlotte Resolves (February 4, 1833)
- Charlottesville during the Civil War
- “Charlottesville Slum Has Rural Atmosphere” (June 19, 1966)
- Chauco (fl. 1622–1623)
- Edmund Cheesman (d. 1677)
- John Cheesman (ca. 1598–by 1665)
- Christopher T. Chenery (1886–1973)
- The Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Southampton County, Virginia
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
- Alan Cheuse (1940–2015)
- Sir Henry Chicheley (1614 or 1615–1683)
- Chickahominy Indian Tribe
- Deposition of Chief Cook (August 25, 1917)
- Walter Chiles (1609–after July 6, 1653)
- Edward Chilton (1658–1707)
- Samuel Chilton (1805–1867)
- Chimborazo Hospital
- Chiswell’s Lead Mines in the American Revolution
- Annie Henry Christian (d. May 4, 1790)
- Letter from Annie Henry Christian to Anne Christian Fleming...
- James S. Christian (1918–1982)
- William Christian (ca. 1742–April 9, 1786)
- William S. Christian (1830–1910)
- Last Will and Testament of William Christian (March 13,...
- George L. Christian’s note in the Virginia Law Journal...
- Chrysler Museum of Art
- Church of England in Virginia
- William Churchhill (1649–1710)
- Circular to William Stuart, Hiland Crow, and Henry McCoy...
- Cities of Virginia
- City Point during the Civil War
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Civil War Battlefield Preservation
- Civil War Pensions
- “Civil War veteran of Portsmouth, Virginia” (1937)
- Civil War Widows
- Civilian Conservation Corps
- Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (1775–1859)
- William Claiborne (1600–1679)
- “Claims Cops Broke Law in Library Case” (September 23,...
- Adèle Clark (1882–1983)
- Emily Tapscott Clark (ca. 1890–1953)
- Matt Clark (ca. 1844–after 1892)
- George Rogers Clark (1752–1818)
- John Clayton (1656 or 1657–1725)
- John Clayton (1695–1773)
- John Clayton (ca. 1666–1737)
- James H. Clements (1831–1900)
- "The Clifton Forge Tragedy," Roanoke Times ...
- Patsy Cline (1932–1963)
- Clotel; or the President’s Daughter (1853)
- “Coalition Rule in Danville” (October 1883)
- John Coalter (1769–1838)
- Letter from Howell Cobb to James A. Seddon (January...
- Herbert G. Cochran (1885–1969)
- Cockacoeske (d. by July 1, 1686)
- Edmund R. Cocke (1841–1922)
- John Hartwell Cocke (1780–1866)
- Philip St. George Cocke (1809–1861)
- William Cocke (1672–1720)
- Cohabitation Act of 1866
- Col. R. E. Lee’s Report (October 19, 1859)
- Sally Cottrell Cole (d. 1875)
- William Cole (1638 or 1639–1694)
- George William Cole (d. after June 10, 1880)
- Asa Coleman (d. after February 24, 1893)
- Letter from Edward Coles to Thomas Jefferson (July 31,...
- Letter from Edward Coles to Thomas Jefferson (September 26,...
- Edward Coles (1786–1868)
- Johnson Collins (1847–1906)
- Colonial Virginia
- Colonial Williamsburg
- The Colored Farmers’ Alliance and Cooperative Union of Virginia
- “A Colored Hero,” Richmond Daily Dispatch (November 30, 1858)
- A Colored Man’s Reminiscences of James Madison by Paul...
- Colored Persons and Indians Defined (1887)
- Colored Persons and Indians Defined (1924)
- Colored Persons and Indians Defined (1930)
- Colored Shiloh Baptist Association
- William Colson (1805–1835)
- Raleigh Edward Colston (1825–1896)
- “The Comet,” Alexandria Daily Gazette (October 17, 1811)
- Commendatory Verse by Walter Raleigh (1576)
- Committee Draft of the Declaration of Independence (June 28,...
- Commodore, Aaron (1819 or 1820–1892)
- Commonwealth versus Camillus Griffith (1823)
- “Concerning Hireing of Servants” (1658)
- “Concerning Huie and Cries.” (March 1657)
- “Concerning Indians” (1662)
- “Concerning secret Marriages” (1658)
- “The Conclusion” by Sir Walter Raleigh (1618)
- Confederacy, Constitution of The United Daughters of the (1895)
- Confederate Battle Flag
- Confederate Cabinet Officers from Virginia
- Confederate Impressment During the Civil War
- Confederate Morale during the Civil War
- Conference with President Andrew Johnson (June 16, 1865)
- “A Confession of Faith” (November 1914)
- Confessions of Nat Turner, The (1831)
- Confessions of Nat Turner, The (1967)
- Raphael M. Conn (1805–1887)
- Miles Connor (d. 1893)
- Thomas Nelson Conrad (1837–1905)
- Conservative Party of Virginia
- Conspiracies on Bermuda; an excerpt from A true reportory...
- Constitution of the Union Burial Ground Society (January 23,...
- The Constitution of the United States (1787–1992)
- The Constitution of Virginia (1776)
- Constitutional Convention, Virginia (1864)
- Constitutional Convention, Virginia (1901–1902)
- Continental Association (October 20, 1774)
- The Continental Navy in Virginia during the American Revolution
- Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery
- Contract and Recommendation for William Buckland (1755; 1759)
- Contract for Servant without an Indenture (1665)
- Contract to Provide Indentured Servant (1654)
- Contract to Teach Indentured Servant a Trade (1680)
- Convict Labor during the Colonial Period
- Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907)
- Letter to Fields Cook and the Colored State Convention...
- Fields Cook (ca. 1817–1897)
- George Major Cook (1860–1930)
- Untitled Narrative by Fields Cook (1847)
- Giles Buckner Cooke (1838–1937)
- John Esten Cooke (1830–1886)
- Philip Pendleton Cooke (1816–1850)
- Philip St. George Cooke (1809–1895)
- Cooking in Early Virginia Indian Society
- Esther Georgia Irving Cooper (1881–1970)
- Susannah Sanders Cooper (d. after June 9, 1751)
- Cooperative Education Association
- F. Graham Cootes (1879–1960)
- Joseph Copeland (d. after April 22, 1691)
- Walter S. Copeland (1856–1928)
- From the Diary of Charles Copland (1811)
- Hannah Lee Corbin (1728–1782)
- Percy C. Corbin (1888–1952)
- Henry Corbyn (1628 or 1629–ca. 1676)
- Charles Henry Corey (1834–1899)
- Cornerstone Speech by Alexander H. Stephens (March 21, 1861)
- Richard alias Richard Williams Cornish (d. after January 3,...
- Cornstalk (d. November 10, 1777)
- Cornstalk’s Speech to Lord Dunmore at Camp Charlotte (1774)
- E. G. Corprew (ca. 1830–1881)
- Ann Cotton (fl. 1650s–1670s)
- John Cotton (d. after October 24, 1683)
- Letter from the Council in Virginia to the Virginia...
- Letter from the Council of the Virginia Company of...
- County Formation during the Colonial Period
- Court Ruling on Anthony Johnson and His Servant (1655)
- George R. Cowan (1837–1904)
- Earnest Sevier Cox (1880–1966)
- Henry Cox (1832–after 1910)
- Joseph Cox (ca. 1835–1880)
- Lucy Ann White Cox (d. 1891)
- Crab Orchard Archaeological Site
- William Craford (d. by April 15, 1762)
- Elijah Craig (ca. 1745–May 18, 1808)
- William Crane (1790–1866)
- Crater, Battle of the
- Robert B. Crawford (1895–1973)
- James Crewes (1622 or 1623–1677)
- “Critical Notices. The Knights of the Horse Shoe, a...
- John Wesley Cromwell (1846–1927)
- Cross Keys, Battle of
- Claudius Crozet (1789–1864)
- “Cruelty of masters prohibited” (1662)
- Josiah Crump (ca. 1838–1890)
- Crutchfield, Stapleton (1835–1865)
- CSS Virginia
- Culp’s Hill and Wesley Culp (1839–1863)
- Culpeper County during the Civil War
- Thomas Culpeper second baron Culpeper of Thoresway (1635–1689)
- Ann Pamela Cunningham (1816–1875)
- Letter from James Currie to Thomas Jefferson (November 20,...
- J. L. M. Curry (1825–1903)
- Gaston G. Curtiss (1819–1872)
- George F. “Thunder Cloud” Custalow (1865–1949)
- Daniel Parke Custis (1711–1757)
- Edmund Custis (d. after October 18, 1797)
- Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis (1779–1852)
- Elizabeth Parke Custis (1776–1831)
- George Washington Parke Custis (1781–1857)
- Will of George Washington Parke Custis (March 26, 1855)
- John Custis (1678–1749)
- John Custis (ca. 1629–1696)
- John Custis (ca. 1654–1714)
- John Parke Custis (1754–1781)
- Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis (1788–1853)
- William H. B. Custis (1814–1889)
