Parkersburg was in constant fear of Confederate raids. ... We have now celebrated our state's birthday of 150 years ago - in the midst of a horrible Civil War.Only one month earlier, ...

PARKERSBURG — The Civil War Battle of Port Royal and its impact on the enslaved will be the subject of a presentation at 7 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History in ...

In Highland and several West Virginia counties it pretty much follows U.S. 250. For our recent journey to Parkersburg, we chose to take the interstate. Either way, a trip to the banks of the Ohio is ...

According to the Civil War Trails team, travelers who are interested in history are increasingly interested in outdoor recreation, music, dining and more. The new Civil War Trails is located at 1529 ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The American Legion Post 15 held a Memorial Day Service at the Parkersburg City Park to honor the men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice. The service started ...

Banker C.C. Wolf and his wife, Mary, spared no expense when they built their 7,600-square-foot home in 1895 in Parkersburg. The hand-carved woodwork features 14 types of wood.

The Civil War is an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and killed each other in great numbers if ...

West Virginia holds another special place in the country’s history. It’s the only state born of the Civil War. Visitors to the Mountain State can relive the days of conflict at one of the many ...

Friday marks 10 years since Iowa's second deadliest tornado tore through Parkersburg.The EF5 tornado tore through Butler County May 25, 2008, killing nine people and injuring 70 others.Around 280 ...

But 750,000 Americans would be killed before the Civil War ended in 1865. Four years to the day after Sumter fell, Anderson – by then a retired general – returned to raise the American flag ...

2 out of 3 — Number of Civil War deaths that occurred from disease rather than battle. 68,162 — Number of inquiries answered by the Missing Soldiers Office from 1865-1868.