Refugees during the Civil War
Virginia possessed the largest number of the estimated 200,000 Southerners who fled their homes during the American Civil War (1861–1865). There were three broad classes of... Find Out More
- Letter from Thomas R. Joynes to Levin S. Joynes...
- Racial Integrity Laws (1924–1930)
- A Raid on the Northern Neck; an excerpt from...
- Raleigh, Sir Walter (ca. 1552–1618)
- Ralph Lane on the Killing of Pemisapan; an excerpt...
- Letter from Henry S. Randall to James Parton (June...
- Letter from Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge to Joseph Coolidge...
- Randolph, Thomas Mann (1768–1828)
- Randolph, Martha Jefferson (1772–1836)
- Randolph, Sketches of Slave Life: or, Illustrations of the...
- Randolph, Virginia Estelle (1870–1958)
- Randolph, George Wythe (1818–1867)
- Rappahannock Tribe
- Readjuster Party, The
- Rebel Yell
- From Recollections by R. T. W. Duke Jr. (1899)
- Recruiting Women to Come to Virginia; excerpts from the...
- Refugees during the Civil War
- Register of Debates, 20th Cong., 1st sess., 1789–1797 (1828)
- Relation of Bartolomé Martínez (October 24, 1610)
- Relation of Juan de la Carrera (March 1, 1600)
- Relation of the Right Honourable the Lord D-La-Warre, Lord...
- Religion during the Civil War
- Religion in Early Virginia Indian Society
- Religious Revivals during the Civil War
- Remarks by William Williams (August 11, 1865)
- Excerpt from Reminiscences of Levi Coffin (1880)
- Remonstrance to Congress (1781)
- Report from the Virginia Division of the United Daughters...
- “A Report of a Comittee from an Assembly Concerning...
- “Report of Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Hooker” (September 1, 1864)
- “Report of the Committee of Investigation,” Richmond Enquirer (December...
- Excerpt from the Report of Philip H. Sheridan (July...
- Report on Sterilization; an excerpt from John H. Bell’s...
- Reports on the Death of George Wythe, Poulson’s American...
- "Republican Convention" from the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (October 1,...
- Republican Party of Virginia
- The Republican Party of Virginia in the Nineteenth Century
- Requesting to Hire an Indian Servant (1711)
- Resolution of the U.S. House of Representatives (January 30,...
- Reston, Virginia
- "Rev. Dr. Hatcher's Surprising Assertions," Richmond Planet (June 23,...
- Revenge upon the Indians; an excerpt from “A Trewe...
- Reviewer, The
- Rewarding Birkenhead (1663)
- Reynolds, J. Sargeant (1936–1971)
- "Richlands' Lynching," Clinch Valley News ...
- Richmond and Danville Railroad during the Civil War
- Richmond and Petersburg Railroad during the Civil War, The
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, December 13, 1876, 1.
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, December 15, 1876, 1.
- Richmond during the Civil War
- Richmond during the Colonial Period
- Excerpt from the Richmond Enquirer (January 12, 1832)
- Excerpt from the Richmond Enquirer (January 7, 1832)
- “The Richmond Freedmen,” New-York Tribune (June 17, 1865)
- Richmond Howitzers
- Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad during the Civil War
- Riddleberger, Harrison H. (1843–1890)
- Rind, Clementina (d. 1774)
- “The Riot in Danville,” Staunton Spectator (November 6, 1883)
- Roanoke Colonies, The
- Roanoke Colonists’ Appeal to John White; an excerpt from...
- “Roanoke News” (November 13, 1920)
- “Roanoke Notes” (March 19, 1921)
- Roanoke Weekly Press
- Robb, Charles S. (1939– )
- Robert Carter III’s Deed of Gift (August 1, 1791)
- Robert Edward Lee Sculpture
- Roberts, Ruby Altizer (1907–2004)
- Robertson, A. Willis (1887–1971)
- Letter from John Robinson to George Washington (September 15,...
- Robinson, Excerpt from From Log Cabin To the Pulpit,...
- Robinson, John (1705–1766)
- Robinson, John (1825 or 1826–1908)
- Robinson, Morgan Poitiaux (1876–1943)
- Robinson, Spottswood William III (1916–1998)
- Rockingham Rebellion
- Letter from Juan Rogel to Francis Borgia (August 28,...
- Letter from John Rolfe to Sir Thomas Dale (1614)
- Rolfe, John (d. 1622)
- Rosenwald Schools
- Royal Charter of the College of William and Mary...
- Letter from Jacob Rubsamen to Thomas Jefferson (December 1,...
- Ruffin, Edmund (1794–1865)
- Ruffin, R. D. (1842–1916)
- Ruffner, William Henry (1824–1908)
- Runaway Servants (1643)
- Runaway Slaves and Servants in Colonial Virginia
- Russell, James Solomon (1857–1935)
- Rye Cove Cyclone
