Would You Bid on This Nearly Twenty Thousand Dollar Document About Wheeling?Makayla Carney June 7, 2024From the desk of President Abraham Lincoln, on October 21, 1861, came a document. With all the zeal of man...
How a Stolen Statue Ended Up in Wheeling During the Civil WarEmma Wiley November 8, 2021On July 2, 1864, George Washington arrived in Wheeling—65 years after his death. Well…his statue did. During the Civil War,...
Wheeling, Westsylvania?: The Forgotten History of the “Almost” West VirginiasEmma Wiley June 16, 2021West Virginia Day is almost upon us and it is the 158th anniversary of West Virginia officially becoming a state....
Lieutenant Benjamin Biggs and the 135th Ohio InfantryEarl Nicodemus September 16, 2018By the spring of 1864, the tide of the Civil War favored the north. In March of 1864, Ulysses S....
The Wheeling Ambulance: A Civil War HeroChristina Fisanick April 16, 2018Even though no battles were fought here, Wheeling was an important site during the American Civil War. Camp Carlisle on...
West Virginia During the Civil War: A History SymposiumProvided March 8, 2018The West Virginia Independence Hall Foundation, in partnership with Wheeling Heritage, the Wheeling Academy of Law and Science (WALS) Foundation...
