He is now an avid collector and local Civil ... With the belt buckles, soldiers collected them and reused them as functional trophies of war, Hickox said. Sometimes the Confederate soldiers ...

At their most basic level, Civil War uniforms distinguished Union troops from Confederate troops ... of the cavalry’s pants was yellow. Their belt also doubled as a sword belt to hold their ...

Confederate bills line the shelves of one case, while other cases display fossils and items from the Civil War. The contents ... to wear and nine Confederate belt buckles.

Hidden in the heart of Leeds, Alabama lives a wonderland where time isn’t just preserved—it’s priced to sell. The Bama Flea Mall & Antique Center stands as a monument to the principle that yesterday’s ...

Green Bluff’s Siemers Farm, known for strawberry and fall festivals, transformed into a Civil War battlefield this Memorial ...

The Fort Branch confederate civil war museum is dedicated to preserving the legacy of losers. A massive tree collapsed onto the Fort Branch Museum in Oak City, North Carolina, causing severe ...

On Sunday, May 18, the Newtown Historical Society in conjunction with the C.H. Booth Library presented “Gettysburg — Three ...

Roving historical plaque dedicated to the “The ‘Battle’ of Adams Hill” that occurred May 9, 1861, during which only one gun ...

Because of what they sacrificed for me, the heroes who found rest in this glen were black soldiers who fought in the Civil War, 12 of them and their families. Local history has it the cemetery ...

The smell of campfires and gunpowder were in the air at Burton Century Village Museum and Historical Education Center’s Civil War re-enactment ... and portrayed Confederate President Jefferson ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) -- Two Civil War veterans who lived in northern Michigan were honored Tuesday afternoon more than 100 years after their deaths. Private John Fish and ...