The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

Civil War General and wife’s love letters donated to Virginia Tech by great-great-granddaughter. ... but I’d never read these old fashioned documents before,” said Sue Bell.

When a Civil War general's great-great-granddaughter went rummaging through the attic of their old family home, they could not imagine the remarkable discoveries they would find.

When a Civil War general's great-great-granddaughter went rummaging through the attic of their old family home, they could not imagine the remarkable discoveries they would find.

I knew how to read cursive, but I’d never read these old-fashioned documents before,” said Bell. The Wharton family came across over a thousand Civil War documents dating from the 1840s to the 1900s, ...

When a Civil War general's great-great-granddaughter went rummaging through the attic of their old family home, they could not imagine the remarkable discoveries they would find.