A survey of Civil War artifacts in the Smithsonian’s collections would not be complete without one of the most cherished pieces at the National Museum of American History—a top hat worn by Abraham ...

Introduction / Clarence R. Geier, Lawrence E. Babits, and Douglas D. Scott -- Part I: The flow of battle and battlefield landscapes -- Civil War archaeology in the Trans-Mississippi west / Douglas D.

Guest speaker Joe Knapp showed students some of his artifacts he has collected from the Civil War to social studies students ...

In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists ...

GREENFIELD – Maranda Anderson wanted to do more than just tell her students about the Civil War. She wanted them to get their hands on a bit of history. Last week, she shared a trunk full of replicas ...

Some 500 pieces of American history unseen even by scholars are coming to light through an auction taking place through Fleischer’s Auctions of Columbus. The two-day auction, “Civil War & African ...

WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — The Texas Civil War Museum in White Settlement west of Fort Worth announced it will permanently close its doors Oct. 31. The museum opened in 2006 and is reportedly the ...

Nearly 100 years after the Civil War began, its last surviving veteran, Albert Woolson, passed away in Duluth, at age 106.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, sold for $468,000 at an Ohio auction house last month. Carried by ...

George T. Garrison's Trunk, National Museum of African American History and Culture (National Museum of African American History and Culture ) This well-preserved leather trunk, believed to have been ...