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WATERLOO | A member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans of the Civil War from Waterloo says he wants nothing to do with those who would display the Confederate flag to fan the flames of racism, hate ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- An opening volley of musket fire ushered in the start of the milestone commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg on Friday, 150 years after the Union Army turned away a ...

Many of today’s re-enactors were born as the last Civil War veterans were dying, and grew up amid the celebrations and re-enactments of the centennial that lasted from 1961 to 1965. But the heyday of ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) – The commander of the Confederate army marched to the front of the makeshift classroom in jeans and a dress blue shirt to deliver battle plans to his top lieutenants, complete ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Thudding cannons and somber music around Charleston Harbor in South Carolina ushered in the commemoration Tuesday of the nation's bloodiest conflict, with the North and South ...

The smell of campfires and gunpowder were in the air at Burton Century Village Museum and Historical Education Center’s Civil War re-enactment. The encampment took place on May 24 at 14653 E. Park St.

"We call this living history," said Civil War re-enactor Richard J. Rosche. "Muster in the Meadow will present all aspects of the Civil War, from the Union and Confederate soldiers, to the experience ...

PRAIRIE GROVE — About 900 Civil War re-enactors camped Friday night on the grounds of Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park. The next day, they ate, mingled, made fires and pecked at iPhones before ...