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William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.
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 ...
The North Carolina Museum of History has acquired a Confederate battle flag associated with a major turning point of the Civil War – the death of Lt. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson.
OTSEGO, Mich. — A Civil-war-era American flag made a rare appearance at the Otsego Area Historical Society and Museum Saturday. Dating back to 1863, this renditionof the American flag was the ...
date made 1863 ID Number 2001.0009.0343 accession number 2001.0009 catalog number 2001.0009.0343 Object Name token Physical Description bronze (overall material) Measurements overall: .15 cm x 1.96 cm ...
DES MOINES (AP) With seven descendants of Iowa Civil War soldiers standing at attention, a restored flag carried into the war by an Iowa regiment was placed on display at the Statehouse. Encased ...
STREATOR — As a Civil War history buff with a strong interest in local history, Streator resident David Reed couldn’t turn away from a story about a LaSalle County soldier ...
The flag, Loucraft found in her research, appears to have been donated to Lowell Memorial Auditorium in 1929 by Mary Sawyer Knapp, a woman known to have a large collection of war relics.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this ...