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Richmond National Battlefield Park

Richmond National Battlefield Park commemorates 13 American Civil War sites around Richmond, Virginia, which served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for the majority of the war. The park is focused around the home front within the city, defensive fortifications surrounding the city, as well as a number military actions taken in an attempt to capture or defend the city, including the Seven Days Battles of 1862, battles of the Overland Campaign of 1864, and the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign of 1864-65. Its various sites are spread across Richmond, Hanover County, Henrico County, and Chesterfield County. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Richmond National Battlefield Park has hosted 3 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2012 Speech. The year with the most events was 2014 with two events. Most common tag: Civil War.

Recent Programs

June 3, 2014
Conclusion of the Overland Campaign

Historians and officials from the National Park Service commemorated the conclusion of the Overland Campaign, which took plac…
May 31, 2014
Battle of Cold Harbor 150th Anniversary

Exactly 150 years after the Battle of Cold Harbor began, historian and author Gordon Rhea talked about its effect on the cour…
July 11, 2012
The Civil War Seven Days' Battles

University of Virginia history professor Gary Gallagher talks about the Seven Days' Battles, a series of conflicts fought dur…