The old sword looks like something out of a pirate’s hoard. Even under the office lights in the Lehigh County Historical Society’s offices, it gives off an air of romantic charm. Its hi… ...

After Shaw fell, the sword was taken from his body. Bentley says a Confederate soldier probably sold it to an officer. But in 1865, a Union general ... 54th on July 18, 1863, was enough to ...

This isn't the first time Shaw's sword was lost and then found. In 1863, Massachusetts governor John A. Andrew asked Shaw, then a captain in the elite 2nd Massachusetts, to lead the 54th ...

Though not depicted in the 1989 film "Glory," Col. Robert Shaw carried the "Rolls-Royce of Swords." ... storied career until he died in combat in July 1863. ... return it to the Union Army, ...

Clark Construction representatives turned over the sword to the Historic ... of Little Rock in September 1863, Bennett said. “It’s possible some Confederate or Union army personnel could ...

General William Tecumseh Sherman’s wartime sword, likely used between 1861 and 1863, are among the items ... ensuring that his fight to preserve the Union would continue. After taking Atlanta ...

we found a Confederate sword, a 20 lb Parrott artillery shell, and several other rare battlefield artifacts buried since 1863. This area played a vital role in the Union campaign to control the ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – A diamond-adorned sword presented to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant brought a winning bid of more than $1.6 million Sunday in an auction of Civil War items. The sword given to Grant ...