Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Historical Society: Surviving War: The Home Front: Why Richmond?
Why was Richmond made the Confederate capital and how did that status change life there? Learn the reasons for this decision and the widespread impact it had on the city.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Richmond Comes Together: Images of Community Outreach
Photographic essay focuses on the local and national charitable organizations that offer social services and community outreach in the area of Richmond, Virginia.
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: The Eastern Theater: The Peninsula Campaign
A lengthy description of the Peninsula Campaign. Read about the strategy involved in this lengthy campaign, the goals, and the results for both the Union and Confederacy. From "Epic Battles of the Civil War" by Curtis M. Jingle, Michael...
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: Gilbert Hunt and the Richmond Theater Fire
A lesson about the Richmond Theater Fire in 1811. Many perished in the fire. Those who were saved were helped from inside by Dr. James McCaw, who dropped them from a window to Gilbert Hunt, who caught them enough to break their fall. The...
Black Past
Black Past: Wilder, Lawrence Douglas
The life of Lawrence Douglas Wilder is told in this brief encyclopedia article. He was Virginia's first black state senator since Reconstruction.