In Virgina, Civil War buffs wince when Terry Rensel mentions family connections to the 145th Pennsylvania Regiment, recruited in Erie. "People wince because it was such a tough luck regiment," Rensel ...

KURE BEACH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Kerry and Patti Belanger's walk on the beach ended with a knock on the door from the bomb squad. The couple set out on a hunt for seashells on Kure Beach and soon discovered ...

This piece of leather may be from an alligator that attacked a soldier during the Civil War, according to Vicksburg National Battlefield Park in Mississippi. National Park Service photo War artifacts ...

PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A national campaign is underway to permanently protect one of the Civil War’s most pivotal battlefields — the site of the Union army’s final charge that helped end the war.

PRESCOTT, Ark. (KTAL/KMSS) – The Nevada County Depot Museum is seeking volunteers for another clean-up day at Prairie D’Ane Battlefield. Prairie D’Ane Battlefield, a National Landmark, was the site of ...

SPRING HILL, Tenn. (WKRN) — A historic battlefield in Spring Hill will be preserved forever, once the Battle of Franklin Trust closes on the property on Tuesday. The 11 acres of land were home to the ...

A book presents an interesting possibility: that America has a culture of defeat regarding racial issues, and therefore is ...

The 145th Pennsylvania Regiment, primarily from Erie County, was known as a "tough luck" unit during the Civil War. Terry Rensel, an Erie native, will speak about the regiment's experience at the ...

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at a loss. One such oddity — a ragged chunk of leather — is part of the Civil ...