War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

The Civil War Collection: Artifacts and Memorabilia from the War Between the States [With 48 Page BookletWith 24 PC Paper Ephemera, and Viewer] Chronicle Books, $24.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-8118-2644-0 ...

Near the beginning of a new exhibit at the Harold Washington Library, “Unseen Treasures of the Civil War,” is a quotation from a recent scholar: “More than any other part of our p… ...

O’Sullivan’s A Harvest of Death, which captured Confederate casualties at Gettysburg in 1863, is part of the museum’s collection and will be exhibited in “The Civil War and American Art ...

A painting of Gen. George G. Meade at Gettysburg. Photo submitted. A "world class collection" of Civil War artifacts has found a new owner in Gettysburg, after a Philadelphia museum's plans to ...

The Harrisburg museum, which this week came under fire amid the Stephen Reed scandal, is regarded as one of the best facilities in the country among Civil War historians.

CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) — D.P. Newton’s extensive collection of Civil War artifacts that once filled his southern Stafford County museum is now on permanent display in Centreville at a business ...

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.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — An important civil war artifact will soon be on display at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield. The .44 caliber model 1860 Henry rifle was purchased by the Battlefield’s ...

A construction project in East Tennessee turned up a potentially explosive artifact that is now on display for the public. It's from the Civil War. Here's what happened. Over the summer Lincoln ...

D.P. Newton’s extensive collection of Civil War artifacts that once filled his southern Stafford County museum is now on permanent display in Centreville at a business that touches the east ...