“One of the things Civil War collectors always say is that we’re not owners, we’re caretakers,” said Miller, 56. That’s because these relics are often changing hands.

Brenda White, widow of Civil War Relics collector Sam White, displays a revolver in front of cases filled with Civil War artifacts in their home in Chester, Va., Monday, April 21, 2008.

Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...

His knowledge is amazing and has helped many in the metal detecting hobby as well as Civil War collectors. History Seekers. Best Way to Restore Civil War Shells. Posted: March 26, ...

Coin collectors rejoiced after gold was struck in a Kentucky cornfield last month, literally. More than 800 gold Civil War-era coins were discovered after being buried more than 150 years ago.

We took this rare civil war artillery projectile to Steve Phillips where shows how to best clean these relics. He has preserved over 2000 artillery shells over the past 50 years.

Charles Bethea on the relic hunter Bill Erquitt’s collection of historical artifacts from the Civil War, which became highly sought after following his death, in 2020.

Here, over 600 researchers, collectors and residents post old photographs, findings and information from a pre-WWII Columbia. Art Gose, 32, an avid bottle collector, created the group in January 2020.

That career takes a new direction in “The Thread Collectors” (Graydon House, $28.99), a Civil War novel about two Union soldiers — one Black and one Jewish — and the two women who love them.

Some 500 pieces of American history unseen even by scholars are coming to light through an auction taking place through Fleischer’s Auctions of Columbus. The two-day auction, “Civil War ...

The 700 gold coins, dating back to the American Civil War, have been valued at over $2 million. A Kentucky man dug them up while working on his farm.