MANASSAS, VA — A Civil War era artillery shell uncovered at a Manassas ... officials suspect the projectile may have come from the 2nd New York Battery during the Battle of Bull Run Bridge ...

Schmale, of Charleston, researches flags that were carried on Illinois battlefields during the Civil War. There were regimental, calvary, infantry and battery flags. For more than 40 years ...

More than 76,000 Iowans fought for the Union Army in the Civil ... artillery on a Union supply ship off the coast of South Carolina in 1861, three months before the start of the Civil War. The ...

A dig at a Civil War battle site turned dangerous this month when researchers unearthed a live artillery shell ... Parrott guns of the 1st New York Battery at Richmond, Virginia, 1863.

It’s been 150 years since the Civil War ended, but echoes of the War Between the States still reverberate. Take the recent national dust-up over the Confederate battle flag. In the days ...

Anyone with an Illinois ancestor who participated in the Civil War should be aware of the flags carried by that veteran's unit. Infantry, cavalry and artillery regiments each carried distinctive ...

After all, he might be the only man in America who's building an addition to house five Civil War artillery pieces ... bullet-pocked battle flags and an arsenal of weapons on display at his ...

are planning to destroy a live Civil War artillery round ... was probably fired by a Union battery commanded by Capt. Francis DeGress of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery. The unit included four ...

Like many boys in the South, Sam White got hooked on the Civil War early, digging up rusting ... of wartime relics — weapons, battle flags, even artillery shells buried in the red clay.

Guns, swords, uniforms, personal items, letters, photographs and battle flags, not to mention a battery of artillery: If it’s an article connected to the Civil War, Richey likely owns one or is ...