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The artifacts will be part of an exhibit called MONUMENTS, which will open in October and will include other monument ...
The American Civil War Museum’s new exhibit, "The Impending Crisis," explores differing viewpoints in pre-Civil War America, providing a view of what led to what is arguably the most pivotal ...
Officials say the Civil War 150 HistoryMobile will be in Richmond on Saturday at the Lumpkin's Jail site near 14th and Main streets. Admission is free. The 18-wheel expandable tractor trailer ...
The bullet in the soldier's spine was a Minié ball, a common round of Civil War ammunition. The foot of one amputated leg also contained a Minié ball. Bones in a second severed leg were shattered.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An acre of land owned by the city of Richmond contains potentially hundreds of unmarked graves, some of which could belong to Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War ...
The sesquicentennial of the Civil War will put Richmond center stage nationally with both the opportunity and the obligation to tell the story of what happened here honestly.
The Museum of the Confederacy, founded in 1896 in Richmond, Va., and now called the American Civil War Museum, contains the biggest collection of Confederate battle flags, about 500.
A national campaign is underway to permanently protect one of the Civil War’s most pivotal battlefields — the site of the ...
Enthusiasm for the museum reverberated not just inside the facility but outside as well. At 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., a Civil War-era cannon was fired on the grounds.
The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg has expanded its Women at War exhibit. The display highlights the essential contributions of women during the war, both on and off the battlefield.