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I uncovered shocking Civil War relics! ⚔️

Join us as we go metal detecting near live Civil War cannons in search of relics from the past. In this video, we explore an ...
Reuters

Beware the Civil War relic: It could be stolen - or a fake

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 ...
The Washington Post

Bullets From History Add Up in Va. Fields

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 ...
Reading Eagle

Rare Civil War-era revolver comes home to Berks

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 ...
lex18

Kentucky man finds 700+ rare gold Civil War coins in cornfield

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." ...
Yahoo

Civil forfeiture seeks return of Springfield Armory’s historic firearm

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a civil forfeiture action against a rare Civil War-era firearm believed to have been unlawfully removed from the Springfield Armory. The ...
Yahoo

Rare Civil War flag sold at Columbus auction for $468,000

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 ...