The Virginia Newspaper Project gives free access to a large variety of Civil War era newspapers- link.
While the Virginia Chronicle (link) is a free, searchable digital archive of Virginia newspapers, providing access to 698,600 issues comprising 6,956,815 pages. For a comprehensive overview of the available resources for newspaper research, please refer to the Library of Virginia’s:
To search specific newspaper titles and holdings held by the Library of Virginia, as well as holdings at select repositories, visit:
For a comprehensive list of additional free, digital newspaper resources for collections outside the commonwealth, visit:
Free Historic U.S. Newspapers by State
The Virginia Newspaper Project
Databases at the Library of Virginia– what appears below are images of the databases available. They are not functioning links.
Other Resources
A Guide to the Department of Confederate Military Records, 1859-1996 (bulk 1861-1864, 1905-1918) link
Using Virginia Civil Civil War Service and Veterans Records- link