At 29, the Scranton-born soldier succumbed to injuries received in battle. Creeping up on nearly two centuries later, the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Association of Scranton and Civil War ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — This sign hangs in the window of the Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library at the Marketplace at Steamtown, asking for help to return the sword of Civil War ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — What veterans here call a prized possession has made its way back home. Lieutenant Ezra Griffin is a big part of Scranton's history. Born and raised in Providence, what is now North ...

ROCKLAND, Maine (WABI) - The Rockland Historical Society celebrated a Civil War general’s birthday on Saturday afternoon - and they even presented him with a very special gift. The silver sword gifted ...

That’s what 14-year-old Christopher George shouted when he found a late 19th century sword buried under sawdust in the attic of his family home in Dalton. The property has seen its fair share of ...

The Scranton chapter of UNICO National donated $350 to the GAR Memorial Association’s fundraiser to return the Civil War sword of a North Scranton (then the town of Providence) native and Civil War ...

A sword used by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman during the Civil War was bought at auction for several times the asking price by the Sherman House Museum on Tuesday. Fleischer's Auctions of Columbus ...

Weapons from the battlefield, books inscribed by hand and a family Bible are among the items belonging to William T. Sherman, the Civil War general known for the phrase “war is hell,” that are up for ...

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Other artifacts that were the subject of intense online bidding include Sherman’s annotated copy of Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs, his childhood algebra book and a family Bible. By Christine Hauser ...