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 ...

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 building has been sold and artifacts on display ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

University of Tennessee archaeological students working at a former campus parking lot uncovered additional sections of a known Civil War trench. The students found remnants of a fire, pottery, glass ...

Guest speaker Joe Knapp came in Oct. 9 to speak to some history classes and Civil War studies students. He has collected lots of Civil War artifacts over the years to do reenacting and because he ...

CHATTANOOGA - Two Tennessee men have been charged with illegally excavating and taking Civil War-era artifacts from the bottom of Fort McCook. The area, also know as Battle Creek, is located on ...

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 ...

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 ...