FITCHBURG — The two Civil War-era cannons in Monument Park may soon see some changes. Using several grants and additional fundraising, Mayor Stephen DiNatale said the city plans to replace th… ...

The cannons are primed by tightly packing 12 oz. of gunpowder (F-1 black powder to be precise) with a ramrod, followed by aluminum foil to enhance the retort. Cannons are never reloaded on site, as ...

This video takes you through the fascinating journey of restoring a Civil War cannon and firing it once more. From painstaking repairs to the thunderous blast, see how history comes alive with every ...

A cannon which dates back prior to the Civil War was restored over the winter and recently returned to Legion Park in Winchendon.

Police in Cobb County, Ga., are planning to destroy a live Civil War artillery round found at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Some experts and collectors say that's unnecessary.

DOVER — It took seven soldiers to operate a 1,230-pound bronze Napoleon-style cannon and limber during the Civil War. That’s not including the six hours to move it and another six horses to ...

FITCHBURG — The cannons are back. Seven months after the city secured $31,828 in funding through grants and donations to refinish the two Civil War-era cannons in Monument Park, the historic ...

Come July 19, the Muskingum River will come alive with a Civil War reenactment that sees guests of the Lorena Sternwheeler getting shot at from the river banks — and the boat firing back.

FLORENCE, S.C. - Three Civil War cannons were raised from the muddy water of the Pee Dee River on Tuesday, remnants of Union Gen. William Sherman's march through the Carolinas in 1865.

A Cobb County Police Department bomb squad was called to Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield in Georgia, where a 157-year-old Union parrott shell from the Civil War was found. (Cobb County (Ga ...

Historical performers Mary Lee and Frank W. Sweet play a Civil War era song while Braden Winfree, 2, listens in on Saturday at the Olustee Civil War Expo outside of Lake City. "He's having a good ...