My uncle Tom Dickey died a natural death in 1987. But when I read an article recently about Sam White, a collector of Civil War relics who was killed by a cannon ball from the War Between the States ...
Who knows how Pvt. Levi Schlegel lost his identity ring? The ring bearing his name, company and regiment — a Civil War version of a dog tag — was found near Fredericksburg, Va., a place Schlegel had ...
Civil War artifacts in the last century have gone from common leftovers of yesteryear to historic relics subject to federal laws that can land unauthorized history hunters behind bars. As laws have ...
Relic hunter Derik Bowers has dug up a lot of Civil War items over the years, but nothing like what he came across on Aug. 20. "I still get chills when I touch it," the Martinsburg, W.Va., resident ...
ORANGE — Those looking to obtain a piece of Civil War history might want to visit the Rapidan River Relic Hunters Association’s relic show next weekend. The Rapidan River Relic Hunters Association was ...
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Restoring a WW1 bayonet back to its former glory
This WW1 bayonet begins as a rusted relic buried under a hundred years of grime. As each layer is cleaned away, the steel, ...
Magnet fishing took us straight to the wreckage of a Civil War battleship, and what we found was incredible. From rusted relics to possible artifacts of the era, the site was full of history waiting ...
Like many boys in the South, Sam White got hooked on the Civil War early, digging up rusting bullets and military buttons in the battle-scarred earth of his hometown. As an adult, he crisscrossed the ...
A Virginia man convicted of taking more than 9,000 artifacts from a Civil War battlefield was engaged in "heartbreaking" destruction of American history, experts say. John Jeffrey Santo, 52, has been ...
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