Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...

For Confederate Army scout with Powhatan ties, life after the Civil War was devoted to spreading the word of God—and to ...

Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865,” tells stories from a variety of perspectives — personal, community and family.

The Richmond Police Department declared an unlawful assembly just after 11 p.m. Saturday night as hundreds of protesters gathered outside its downtown headquarters on West Grace Street.

SAD CASE OF DEATH BY DROWING Share full article July 2, 1865 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from July 2, 1865, Page 1 Buy Reprints View on timesmachine ...

Map of Richmond area, showing travelers where the best hotels and attractions are located.

By 1865, as Richmond’s population exploded, so, too, the city’s black population grew from the roughly 12,000 enslaved and 2,600 free black people counted in the 1860 Census. So it was no wonder that ...