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The Civil War nearly claimed another casualty after an archaeologist discovered a live artillery round buried ... sweeping the grounds ahead of a work crew that planned to rehabilitate a famous ...
depending if Gage has enough assistance from her crew of reenactors to fire them safely. Gage and other members from the Civil War reenactment companies in the Third Iowa Light Artillery ...
President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...
In the summer of 1863, Union and Confederate soldiers met at Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Today ... bullet-shaped artillery shell buried underground at Gettysburg National ...
A Civil War artillery shell was found Wednesday at Gettysburg National Military Park, according to a news release. The unexploded ordnance was found on the battlefield in the area of Little Round ...
Civil War armies included infantry, cavalry and supply trains. But artillery batteries were, pound for pound, a treasured resource. Settled on top of a commanding site, cannons could turn the tide ...
A few more little digs revealed a spoon, part of a watch, and something that resembled a Civil War artillery shell. “Got excited for a second there,” Phil said, tossing it back onto the ground.