The Civil War left behind a treasure trove of artifacts, some of which have become incredibly valuable relics that offer a direct link to the past. From the blood-stained bandages of President Lincoln ...

This creek hunt starts with high hopes for Civil War relics, but the water quickly proves messy and frustrating. Most of the signals turn into farm wire, cans, homemade sinkers, old bottles, and ...

Relic hunters scouring a farm field south of Fredericksburg, Virginia, were turning up the usual Civil War artifacts when ...

Some Civil War weapons were mass-produced, while others were painstakingly crafted for high-ranking officers. But today, the rarest and most well-preserved examples fetch thousands at auction — not ...

A new Civil War museum is coming to Vicksburg and attendees at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s “History ...

He kayaks into a creek known for Civil War activity, but the first thing he finds is exactly what he feared: endless railroad ...

Artifacts from the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia now have a definitive home with the Gettysburg Foundation, according to a news release from the foundation. The foundation and the Gettysburg ...

He was visiting his great-grandfather’s grave at the Old Greencastle Cemetery in Dayton a few years ago when he noticed a group of people mowing the grounds and trimming the ...

"Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?" -- Making the New Nation Old; Or, Founding Objects : Relics and Nationalism -- Making the New Nation Ancient : The Incognitum, American Antiquities, and Indigenous ...