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Discovering Civil War Artifacts in Kentucky’s Battlefields. ... Join us as we walk Kentucky’s historic grounds, metal detectors in hand, searching for lost remnants of the Civil War.
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 ...
The Tennessee Wars Commission, a division of the Tennessee Historical Commission, is responsible for administering grants through the Civil War Sites Preservation Fund. The fund was established in ...
Several Civil War battles took place in and around Knoxville as a part of the Knoxville Campaign during the fall of 1863. According to Visit Knoxville, the campaign was designed to secure control ...
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 ...