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About a dozen archaeologists in downtown Columbia, S.C., are focused on a 165-acre sliver of land that was a prisoner of war camp during the Civil War. Last summer, the property was sold, and the ...
Join the History Seekers Team on an unforgettable treasure hunt in Tupelo, Mississippi—site of major Civil War history. Armed ...
(Liesbeth Powers / Staff Photographer) The Texas Civil War Museum will close its doors on Oct. 31 after 18 years of showcasing artifacts from the Union and Confederacy. The 15,500-square-foot ...
The memo also says the state sent Parada’s artifacts to an expert who found they were not from the Civil War era but were merely “hunting camp debris.” Neither Parada nor his son ...
While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union ...
The five-member municipal board is responsible for maintaining Civil War artifacts that were left behind by the George H. Ward G.A.R. Post No. 10. Those artifacts are put on display and used to ...
The exhibit will be on display through Labor Day. "We have assembled probably the largest exhibit of Civil War artifacts in Erie certainly since the old Civil War veterans posts closed and the ...
These red flags -- the kind surveyors use to mark boundaries -- marked artifacts unearthed in an archaeological dig more than 150 years after a major Civil War battle raged across this field.
Bill Shaner, a Civil War historian and lifelong Memphis resident, told ABC News that the location where the relics were found used to be Fort Pickering, a base used for shipping by both ...
The museum opened in 2006 and is reportedly the largest collection of Civil War artifacts west of the Mississippi. The museum is owned by North Texas Oilman Ray Richey, the president and curator.