Stonewall Jackson

The Harrison County Commission revisited a discussion on the possible removal of a statute of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson that sits in front of the…

The Kanawha County Board of Education voted 3-2 during its meeting Thursday night to rename the former Stonewall Jackson Middle School to West Side Middle…

A group of 30 organizations across West Virginia is calling on the Capitol Building Commission and Gov. Jim Justice to take down a statue of Stonewall…

The Kanawha County school board voted unanimously to remove Stonewall Jackson’s name from a Charleston middle school. Before the 5-0 vote Monday, more…

West Virginia seceded from Virginia 157 years ago to join the Union and reject the Confederate States of America. While Confederate monuments have been…

On June 22, 1865, two months after Civil War hostilities ended, General Joseph A. J. Lightburn resigned from the U.S. Army, ending his military…

Updated Wedneasday, June 17, 2020 at 10:25 p.m. The Harrison County Commission voted Wednesday not to remove a statue of a Confederate general that stands…

The West Virginia State Police was established on June 29, 1919. Governor John Jacob Cornwell had pushed to form the unit in response to the mine wars,…

1/15/19 9:55 a.m. -- This story was updated with a statement from the WVDEP. In his State of the State address to the West Virginia Legislature last week,…

Jedediah Hotchkiss was born in Windsor, New York, on November 3, 1828. He also developed an interest in geology and surveying while teaching school in…