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- Emory and Henry College during the Civil War
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- Free Blacks during the Civil War
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- From Recollections by R. T. W. Duke Jr. (1899)
- G. T. Beauregard (1818–1893)
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- General Provisions as to Slaves (1860)
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- How Should We Remember the Revolution?
- Interview with Allen Wilson (July 16, 1937)
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- Nathaniel Prentiss Banks (1816–1894)
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- Peter Jacob Carter (1845–1886)
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- Philip Thomas (1831–1888)
- Photography during the Civil War
- Pickett’s Charge
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- Port Republic, Battle of
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- Poverty and Poor Relief during the Civil War
- Powhatan Bouldin (1830–1907)
- R. H. Dickinson (1811 or 1812–1873)
- R. L. T. Beale (1819–1893)
- Raleigh Edward Colston (1825–1896)
- Raphael M. Conn (1805–1887)
- Rebel Yell
- Refugees during the Civil War
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- Remarks by William Williams (August 11, 1865)
- Richard B. Garnett (1817–1863)
- Richard Eppes (1824–1896)
- Richard S. Ewell (1817–1872)
- Richmond and Danville Railroad during the Civil War
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- Robert E. Jr. Lee (1843–1914)
- Robert E. Lee (1807–1870)
- Robert E. Lee and Slavery
- Robert E. Lee Sculpture
- Robert Gilbert Griffin (March 1847–February 9, 1927)
- Robert Lewis Dabney (1820–1898)
- Robert M. Smith (d. February 13, 1923)
- Robert Peel Brooks (1853–1882)
- Robert Randolph Carter (1825–1888)
- Robert S. Garnett (1819–1861)
- Rockingham Rebellion
- S. Ferguson Beach (1828–1893)
- Sailor’s Creek, Battles of
- Sally Cottrell Cole (d. 1875)
- Saltville during the Civil War
- Samuel Barron (1809–1888)
- Samuel Chapman Armstrong (1839–1893)
- Sarah Ann Brock (1831–1911)
- Savage’s Station, Battle of
- Second Manassas Campaign
- Seven Days’ Battles
- Seven Pines, Battle of
- Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862
- Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War
- Shepherdstown, Battle of
- Shoes at Gettysburg
- Slavery at the University of Virginia
- Slavery during the Civil War
- South Side Railroad during the Civil War
- Southern Claims Commission in Virginia, The
- Special Orders No. 191 by Robert E. Lee (1862)
- Speculation during the Civil War
- Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of
- Statement by Francis Preston Blair (April 14, 1871)
- States’ Rights
- Staunton during the Civil War
- Stith Bolling (1835–1916)
- Stonewall Brigade
- Telegram from George B. McClellan to Abraham Lincoln (September...
- The Abolition of Slavery in Virginia
- The American Civil War in Virginia
- The American Civil War Museum
- The Battle of Williamsburg
- The Creation of West Virginia
- The Lost Cause
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- The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad during the Civil War
- The Virginia History and Textbook Commission
- Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson (1824–1863)
- Thomas Nelson Conrad (1837–1905)
- Thomas R. Bowden (1841–1893)
- Thomas Staples Martin (1847–1919)
- Trevilian Station, Battle of
- Turner Ashby (1828–1862)
- Twenty-Slave Law
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885)
- Union Occupation of Charlottesville (1865)
- Union Occupation of the University of Virginia; an excerpt...
- Unionism in Virginia during the Civil War
- United Daughters of the Confederacy
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- United States Presidential Election of 1860
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- Vagrancy Act of 1866
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- W. W. Blackford (1831–1905)
- Waitman T. Willey (1811–1900)
- Walter H. Taylor (1838–1916)
- Washington College during the Civil War
- Weather during the Civil War
- Weldon Railroad, Battle of the
- Westel Willoughby (1830–1897)
- Whig Party in Virginia
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- Wilderness, Battle of the
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- William Allan (1837–1889)
- William Breedlove (ca. 1820–1871)
- William Breedlove Application for Pardon (December 18, 1863)
- William E. Cameron (1842–1927)
- William F. Broaddus (1801–1876)
- William H. B. Custis (1814–1889)
- William H. Brisby (1836–1916)
- William Mahone (1826–1895)
- William Nelson Pendleton (1809–1883)
- William R. Terrill (1834–1862)
- William Richard Carter (1833–1864)
- William S. Christian (1830–1910)
- William W. Chamberlaine (1836–1923)
- William Washington Browne (1849–1897)
- Winchester during the Civil War
- Winfield Scott (1786–1866)
- Women during the Civil War
- Wood Bouldin (1838–1911)
- Yellow Tavern, Battle of
