We step back in history to a Civil War Confederate Camp with reenactors. We take a closer look at their equipment and show you how to ID metal detecting relics found from this period of time. We ...

Slideshow: A Civil War POW Camp in Watercolor. On November 27, 1863, Union Private Robert Knox Sneden was captured by soldiers under the command of Confederate leader John Singleton Mosby at ...

Civil War Reenactors Aren’t Just Play-Acting. ... After a stop at the Lions Club food truck, families wandered around the camp asking questions and touching gear and trying out the rebel yell.

Civil War Camp Day Fort Ward showcases living history. Reenactor troops pose for a photo during Civil War Camp Day Sept. 28 at Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site.

Another wave of 2,450 Confederate prisoners were sent to the camp in April 1862, Keller wrote. Nearly 30,000 Confederate prisoners were housed at Camp Douglas through the end of the war in 1865.