News "Document of the Month" - June 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
News Robert E. Lee writes about friends and "the daughters of Eve" at Fort Monroe, 1834 This gossipy and personal letter captures the close friendship between Robert E. Lee and John "Jack" MacKay. It offers an example of letter writing in the days before the instant communication provided by telephones and the Internet....
News "Document of the Month" - July 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
News "Document of the Month" - August 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
News Respected General turns traitor, 1780 Benedict Arnold, whose name is now synonymous with the word "traitor," was once a well-respected American officer responsible for key victories at Fort Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Fort Stanwix, and Saratoga. Arnold’s contemporaries were...
News "Document of the Month" - September 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
News "Document of the Month" - October 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
News Fredericksburg, Then and Now by Elena Colón-Marrero, Christopher Newport University Class of 2014 One would think that growing up in a town rich in colonial and Civil War history would inspire an appreciation for that history. My experience living in...
News "Document of the Month" - November 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
News "Document of the Month" - December 2013 If you don’t see the full story below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!