The smell of campfires and gunpowder were in the air at Burton Century Village Museum and Historical Education Center’s Civil War re-enactment. The encampment took place on May 24 at 14653 E. Park St.

A Sunday morning later this month will take on the colours and clatter of another age, as more than 200 men and women in full ...

INDIANAPOLIS | One of the last times the 20th Indiana Infantry visited Indianapolis, near-riots ensued when then-Gov. Oliver Morton failed to deliver on promises of new rifled muskets and blue Union ...

The Burtner House’s Fall Harvest Festival keeps the history of the 201-year-old homestead alive. True to the character of the home, more than 35 volunteers dressed in Civil War-era costumes wandered ...

August 9, 1862, the date of the Battle of Cedar Run in Culpeper County, Va., is known as one of the hottest, most humid days of the entire Civil War. One-hundred fifty years and a day later, the ...

More than 100 Civil War re-enactors left the 21st century behind Saturday to become better at what they spend a lot of their time doing — making history come alive. Cellphones were left in cars and ...

Following the second mock battle that was held Sunday afternoon, Ken Leifheit said he was impressed with Rec Park as a potential location for future re-enactments. Approximately 140 re-enactors ...

The C Battery, 3rd U.S. Artillery Civil War Re-enactors will set up a living history camp on the front lawn of the Grand Island Veterans Home on Saturday and Sunday in conjunction with the home’s ...

Every once in a while, Todd Koster likes to take a step back in time. He trades his uniform of a South Holland, Ill., police officer for that of a Union soldier during the Civil War. "When I was a ...

CLEAR LAKE - A group of Civil War re-enactors will be conducting public spring drills at the Iowa Trolley Park in Clear Lake. The public is invited to attend the event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on ...