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 ...

Discovering little bits of history that have been left behind is what keeps Brandon Sutton swinging his metal detector ...

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 ...

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

In 2019, while metal detecting deep in the woods, our Treasure Hunters team uncovered an unexpected find: brass knuckles buried alongside Civil War relics and bullets. Using the Minelab Equinox 800 ...

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 ...

Collectors seek out military antiques to preserve veterans’ stories and honor historic heroes. Civil War drums are some of ...

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

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 ...

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 ...