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Join us as we walk Kentucky’s historic grounds, metal detectors in hand, searching for lost remnants of the Civil War. From buttons to bullets, each discovery connects us to the soldiers who ...
The American Civil War was the first major conflict that was photographed extensively, bringing shocking and often horrific images to the front pages and into people's living rooms. Photography ...
Man pardoned for Jan. 6 gets life in prison for plotting to incite "civil war," attack FBI agents A Tennessee man pardoned by President Trump in January for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault ...
In 1960, I became consumed with the Civil War as America approached the 100th Anniversary of its beginning. I was 8 years old and had already read Bruce Catton’s “A Stillness at Appomattox.&#… ...
The Tennessee Wars Commission, a division of the Tennessee Historical Commission, is responsible for administering grants through the Civil War Sites Preservation Fund.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Students and professors at the University of Tennessee uncovered remnants of a Civil War trench in the heart of campus recently. State law requires excavation any time there ...
Students at the University of Tennessee are unearthing history in the heart of campus.
Multiple Henrico County battlefields will be further protected and persevered through a National Park Service (NPS) grant worth over $340,000 combined.
Strange artifact at Civil War battlefield is skin from alligator that attacked a soldier during the battle over Vicksburg, Mississippi, National Park says.
The National Park Service awards $456,934.78 in Battlefield Restoration Grants to enhance Civil War battlefields in North Carolina and South Carolina, preserving historic features.