Benjamin Roehlke donated his great-great-great-uncle Luther Clark Howell's Civil War sword and officer coat to the Elmira history preservation group on Nov. 25. "Whenever we get something like ...

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The Civil War-era coat that once helped a Gloucester soldier return safely to the North after escaping a Confederate prison is expected to be back in the city by the end ...

The Civil War may have ended over 150 years ago, but for one tattered Civil War-era coat, re-construction is finally “in the homestretch.” The coat, which for decades had been displayed in a ...

THIS FLANNEL-LINED wool coat was most likely worn by former Union officer Eli Lilly, founder of Eli Lilly and Company, during post–Civil War gatherings like Grand Army of The Republic conventions. The ...