My uncle Tom Dickey died a natural death in 1987. But when I read an article recently about Sam White, a collector of Civil War relics who was killed by a cannon ball from the War Between the States ...

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Civil War artifacts in the last century have gone from common leftovers of yesteryear to historic relics subject to federal laws that can land unauthorized history hunters behind bars. As laws have ...

ORANGE — Those looking to obtain a piece of Civil War history might want to visit the Rapidan River Relic Hunters Association’s relic show next weekend. The Rapidan River Relic Hunters Association was ...

Relic hunter Derik Bowers has dug up a lot of Civil War items over the years, but nothing like what he came across on Aug. 20. "I still get chills when I touch it," the Martinsburg, W.Va., resident ...

A Virginia man convicted of taking more than 9,000 artifacts from a Civil War battlefield was engaged in "heartbreaking" destruction of American history, experts say. John Jeffrey Santo, 52, has been ...

Who knows how Pvt. Levi Schlegel lost his identity ring? The ring bearing his name, company and regiment — a Civil War version of a dog tag — was found near Fredericksburg, Va., a place Schlegel had ...