George T. Garrison's Trunk, National Museum of African American History and Culture (National Museum of African American History and Culture ) This well-preserved leather trunk, believed to have been ...

Introduction / Clarence R. Geier, Lawrence E. Babits, and Douglas D. Scott -- Part I: The flow of battle and battlefield landscapes -- Civil War archaeology in the Trans-Mississippi west / Douglas D.

You’re going to find out that walking into the Horse Soldier Gettysburg feels less like entering a shop and more like ...

Guest speaker Joe Knapp came in Oct. 9 to speak to some history classes and Civil War studies students. He has collected lots of Civil War artifacts over the years to do reenacting and because he ...

Jul. 8—The City of Richmond has received American Civil War artifacts on loan to the Battle of Richmond Association from Madison County native Charles Searcy "Charlie" Wagers. This collection began ...

As time passes, history often becomes blurred. Stories are retold, facts are altered, and over generations, popular belief can drift far from the truth. Much like the old game of telephone, the ...

A survey of Civil War artifacts in the Smithsonian’s collections would not be complete without one of the most cherished pieces at the National Museum of American History—a top hat worn by Abraham ...