The Boonsboro Historical Society will host James A. Rosebrock, who will discuss the organization of light artillery batteries. The talk will take place on Tuesday, March 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the ...
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We fired a real Civil War cannon built in 1865

At the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia, we got the rare chance to fire an original Brooke rifled naval cannon built in 1865. Designed near the end of the Civil War, this massive ...
Civil War armies included infantry, cavalry and supply trains. But artillery batteries were, pound for pound, a treasured resource. Settled on top of a commanding site, cannons could turn the tide for ...
KEWEENAW COUNTY, MI – Step back in time at this Civil War-era army camp reenactment. Battery D, 1st Michigan Light Artillery, will have an encampment at Fort Wilkins Historic State Park from 8:30 a.m.
The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...
Jim Miracle of Carlin’s Battery D, a county-sanctioned Civil War re-enactment group, appeared before the Wood County Commission this week to talk about their need for new members and will be working ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dominion Energy announced its Congaree River project is complete, a year ahead of schedule. While cleaning up the mess along the river here in Columbia the energy company said it ...