Rare Civil War flag to be sold at Ohio auction

Local author to discuss Civil War at Westernport Library

KEYSER, W.Va. — The Rev. Justin Searls, author of “Freedom’s Proclamation: The Abolition of Slavery and the Theology of the Civil War,” will speak on the theology of the Civil War Monday, April 21, at the Westernport Library.

Rare Civil War flag to be sold at Ohio auction

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this month. Carried by the 11th Virginia Infantry during Pickett's Charge, a failed Confederacy assault in 1863 on the Gettysburg battle's third day, the flag is one in a series of items open to bidders on April 26 at Fleischer's Auctions in Columbus. The char…

Rare Civil War flag to be sold at Columbus auction

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this month. Carried by the 11th Virginia Infantry during Pickett’s Charge, a failed Confederacy assault in 1863 on the Gettysburg battle’s third […]

Searching for Civil War artifacts

Representatives from the U.S. Army Fort Belvoir 55th Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit and Gettysburg National Military Park rangers last week marked possible Civil War artifacts in the field behind the William Patterson Farm on Taneytown Road.