To fill in the gaps in Nelson Shephard’s biography, Lynch enlisted the help of Steve Kochersperger, a USPS research analyst with a personal stake in the Civil War. An ancestor, Lt. Col.

While touring historic Fort Sumter with the National Park Service, we spotted a Civil War artillery projectile still embedded in the brick wall—right where it struck over 160 years ago. Join us as we ...

In April 1861, cannons opened fire on Fort Sumter—and the American Civil War began. This is the tense standoff that turned ...

When members of Eugene M. Connor American Legion Post 193 noticed that the Civil War-era cannon in Legion Park was showing signs of disrepair, they decided to use some of the money they received ...

Join the 2nd Minnesota Battery of Light Artillery for a living history event in Durand. Learn about Civil War soldiers and ...

The event is cash-only. The biggest crowds are expected to gather when the nine Civil War cannons are fired throughout the weekend. The cannon demonstrations will be 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m ...

A crime scene investigator takes a photo and collects evidence after a cannon was stolen from the Spanish-American War monument in Central Riverside Park. The cannon was later recovered in pieces.

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

Screenshot Wichita Police Department A video released Wednesday by Wichita police gives a first look at the damage done to the priceless Spanish-American War cannon stolen from Central Riverside ...

The Civil War setting is introduced with an unbroken tracking shot that moves across a line of hundreds of Confederate soldiers as they shoot, get shot, and are downed by cannon fire. For stunt ...

The corpse was a stage prop, but the tears and wails that greeted it were real. The civil war has killed an estimated 6,500 people, most of them civilians, and displaced nearly 1 million since 2016.

A low-level drug dealer stole an 800-pound cannon that was used in the Spanish American War from a Kansas park last week to settle a debt with his deranged boss, who was threatening to murder him ...