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Before Langley Air Force Base: The muddy history of Shellbanks, Sherwood and other plantations of Elizabeth City County

Their gravestones still rest alongside military housing; the name of a plantation remains on buildings. Their stories include conquest and colonization, revolution and a daring slave escape, Civil War blunders and federal land buyers in disguise.

10 Amazing Military Victories Against The Odds

Military history is full of amazing feats, the greatest of these being when victory is achieved despite the odds being stacked against the winning side.

The Island in Winter

Six-part series delves into the facts behind the burning of Hampton during the Civil War, which took place 160 years ago this week

Malvern Hill, Battle of – Encyclopedia Virginia

5,650 (869 killed, 4,241 wounded, and 540 missing) ENTRY SUMMARY The Battle of Malvern Hill, fought on July 1, 1862, and the final engagement of the Seven Days’ Battles, resulted in a Confederate defeat, yet it still managed to halt Union general George B. McClellan‘s offensive up the Peninsula and against the Confederate capital at Richmond during the American Civil War (1861–1865). After a week of hard marching and maneuvering, the new Confederate commander, Robert E. Lee, decided to attack McClellan full-on at Malvern Hill, where the Union general had massed his artillery. His assault was piecemeal, however, and bloodily repelled, prompting Confederate general D. H. Hill to remark that “it was not war it was murder.”