To compile a list of 22 guns used in the Civil War, 24/7 Tempo reviewed several sites about the history of the war and the small sidearms used by both sides to fight, including Military Factory ...

At least 620,000 died in the Civil War, and recent estimates suggest the number is closer to 750,000. Disease and starvation were far more deadly than cannonballs, rifles and swords.

A Vicksburg man's goal to collect guns from the Civil War period grew into a larger project when he discovered a bill of sale for a 7-year-old girl.. Then, his goal became a quest to give people a ...

Conservation for big guns that opened Civil War. Jun 16, 2013, 6:51 PM. Share . BY KTAR NEWSROOM. ... The guns were cast in foundries both in the North and South a century and a half ago.

A team of underwater archaeologists from the University of South Carolina raised three Civil War cannons from the bottom of the Great Pee Dee River on Tuesday near Florence.

The alignments that led to the Civil War are still evident in U.S. politics, including in our paralysis over gun ... 2020 book “How the South Won the Civil War,” the North may have ...

Civil War Gen. Benjamin Butler also purchased one, which his troops used in the final year of the war. The Gatling gun was officially adopted by the U.S. Army in 1866.

Rare Civil War Gatling gun sold for $93,000 at auction. ... North Jersey's 600 abandoned mines. An oil on canvas, titled "Standing Them Off," signed by Charles Schreyvogel fetched $17,500.