As we continue our Black History Month coverage around Richmond, we’re highlighting the American Civil War Museum. The museum explores the past of the American Civil War from multiple perspectives from the Union and Confederates, to the enslaved and free African Americans. >> https://bit.ly/2ueE6lU | 12 On Your Side | Facebook

32 reactions · 12 shares | Tonight, on "The Civil War," Kelly Hancock of the American Civil War Museum talks about the 1863 Richmond Bread Riots. Watch at 6pm ET on C-SPAN 3. | American History TV | Facebook

REMEMBERING RICHMOND DURING ITS GLORY DAYS OF 1861 Americans remember wartime Richmond through photographs showing the utter destruction of the city’s main business district, the result of fires set by Confederates during the April 2-3, 1865, evacuation of the capital. The early war Richmond stands in stark contrast, as evidenced from this description from the pen of resident Sallie Ann Brock. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Milit

McClellan's Retreat during the American Civil War