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 ...

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

Windswept and rocky, the knobby point overlooking the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in present-day Potomac provided a strategic lookout but little shelter for the Union soldiers who fortified the spot in ...

Historians, students and anyone interested in the nation's history has the chance to learn more about the Civil War from a collection of artifacts on display at the Old University Building through the ...

Magnet fishing took us straight to the wreckage of a Civil War battleship, and what we found was incredible. From rusted relics to possible artifacts of the era, the site was full of history waiting ...

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 ...

The Heritage Commission of Annapolis is pushing for the city to sponsor an archaeological survey of a piece of land set to become affordable housing, where a 19th-century farm enslaved African ...

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

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 ...