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NEW HAVEN — The New Haven Armory, which National Guard troops used as a staging ground during the May Day rally of 1970 when Black and anti-war activists descended on the Green during the Black ...
More than 150 years ago, a Civil War battle was fought at what was known as Monroe's Crossroads. This is why Fort Bragg is preserving the site.
At the Varnum Armory Museum, a band playing Civil War era music played some tunes, and several speakers spoke about the war and its impact on America. The Honorable Frank J. Williams, ...
Far from the battlefields of the Civil War, Greenville supplied corn, cotton, mules, and shoes to Confederate troops. Also guns. From the spring of 1862, when Vardry McBee donated 20 acres of land ...
There are an estimated 70,000 to 80,000 collectors of Civil War artifacts, and competition is keen. "It's more difficult now. It's not a treasure hunt anymore," Richey said.
The first war news of the month to reach Springfield came on Monday, Sept. 2 when The Republican reported that Gen. Benjamin Butler had captured Forts Clarke and Hatteras in North Carolina.
The Springfield Armory during the Civi War era. SPRINGFIELD –In an effort to get more of the objects in storage on public display, staff of the Springfield Armory National Historic Site has ...