War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

Strange artifact at Civil War battlefield is skin from alligator that attacked a soldier during the battle over ... based on first-person accounts documented by the American Battlefield Trust.

Alligators may have claimed some of the lives, based on first-person accounts documented by the American Battlefield Trust.. Among the reports is a journal entry by Capt. Charles B. Haydon of the ...

In 2015 Anheuser-Busch donated land along Interstate 64 in York County — part of the battlefield — to the American Battlefield Trust, a Fredericksburg-based organization established in 1987 to ...

The Trust has protected nearly 60,000 acres associated with the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War, representing 160 sites in 25 states from Massachusetts to New Mexico.

American Battlefield Trust President David Duncan. He’s one of the military history buffs waging a legal fight to protect Civil War battlefield sites in Northern Virginia from data center ...

The battle was over by 4 p.m. that afternoon, and it is considered one of the last major Civil War battles. In his account of the battle, Averell stated that his intent was to leave Echols ...

A Civil War battlefield gives perspective on our modern divide The most famous battle of the Civil War took place just outside of Gettysburg.Morning Edition stopped by the historic site to hear ...