In this episode of Depths of History, we explore a historical Civil War battle site in Alabama. The video features our week of metal detecting on private property with the owner's permission, ...

GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - With 250,000 visitors expected to converge on the Gettysburg battlefields this week, historians and antiquarians say the 150th anniversary of the clash that ...

PORT REPUBLIC, Va. -- -- PORT REPUBLIC, Va. -- Bennie Cupp bought his first metal detector in the 1960s and has been collecting Civil War bullets ever since. He has about 2,000 bullets -- in buckets ...

Historically low water levels on the Mississippi River have revealed a walkway to what is typically an island jutting out of the murky river waters to human remains that have been submerged for an ...

When Confederate forces opened fire April 12, 1861, on Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., it signaled the start of the Civil War. “President Abraham Lincoln recognized Washington, D.C., lay vulnerable ...

Hundreds of Civil War relics were unearthed during the cleanup of a South Carolina river where Union troops dumped Confederate military equipment to deliver a demoralizing blow for rebel forces in the ...

RICHMOND, Ky. (LEX 18) — More than 700 rare gold Civil War-era coins were found somewhere in the Bluegrass. The coins date back to between 1850 and 1862. It's being called "The Great Kentucky Hoard." ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this month.

Williamson County's Lotz House Museum was recently gifted with a rare Civil War-era artifact for public display. The piece, donated by two Lotz House Foundation members, is a commemorative box that ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, sold for $468,000 at an Ohio auction house last month. Carried by ...