All eight crew members of the CSS H.L. Hunley were lost when the vessel, the first submarine to sink an enemy warship, targeted the USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor, S.C., on Feb. 17, 1864. The ...
It started as a mundane environmental cleanup along the Congaree River in Columbia, South Carolina, and ended as a trip back in time to the last days of the Civil War. Archaeologists working alongside ...
During the American Civil War, espionage became a crucial weapon for both the Union and the Confederacy. Many women secretly served as spies, carrying messages, gathering intelligence, and operating ...
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Deputies are asking the public for help locating antique weapons that were stolen from a museum in Western North Carolina.
Though the Civil War is usually remembered in black and white, seeing it in color brings the period to life in a whole new way. From soldiers’ uniforms and weapons to the weathered and defeated faces ...