This video takes you through the fascinating journey of restoring a Civil War cannon and firing it once more. From painstaking repairs to the thunderous blast, see how history comes alive with every ...

The 15-inch Brooke rifle was one of the most powerful artillery pieces of the Civil War. Designed for coastal defense, it could fire massive projectiles with devastating impact. Watch as this ...

Norman DeNeal of Butte wants a Civil War cannon that spent nearly 60 years in the Columbia Gardens returned to the Mining City, but an artillery museum at Fort Sill, Okla., won't release the artifact.

I know that headline seems a little ridiculous: why were there no tanks in the Civil War? Most of you are likely thinking ‘because nobody built any, idiot.’ While you’d be absolutely right ...

The Lorena Sternwheeler Civil War Reenactment and Encampment will sail from Zane’s Landing Park in downtown Zanesville Friday, July 19 ...

Some Civil War monuments -- including cannons in Midland and Bay City -- were given away to help win World War II. Two Civil War-era cannons, each with a small stack of cannonballs, were on the ...

Their father had been Dr. John H. Stevens (1824-1881), a Confederate medical officer during the Civil War, who moved to Dallas after the war. VIRGINIA Army Navy Country Club ...

The most popular activity over the years has been the Civil War cannon-firing demonstration that will take place four times: 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. May 6, then 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. May 7.

BANGOR, Mich. — "This is really the cornerstone of our cemetery," Bangor Mayor Lynne Farmer said. After 127 years, a civil war-era Dahlgren cannon has been restored to its original condition in ...

Like many boys in the South, Sam White got hooked on the Civil War early, digging up rusting bullets and military buttons in the battle-scarred earth of his hometown. IE 11 is not supported.

Here are 26 cities that were destroyed by war.) To determine U.S. cities and towns destroyed during the Civil War, 24/7 Tempo consulted numerous online sources including Oxford Research Encyclopedias.