Our possessions are more than mere objects. Our possessions tell our stories. They evoke memories. They become intertwined with our identities. Over the next few days, MLive will share the stories of ...

DECATUR, Alabama -- Bob Sackheim is a Civil War buff and something of a hoarder. When his collection finally got out of hand at home he decided to open a museum in downtown Decatur. "It was this or ...

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PENSACOLA, Fla. − It wasn’t exactly King Arthur’s sword in a stone; more like a sword in the sand that a man said he pulled from the surf on Pensacola Beach in Florida, but the reaction has been ...

Men generally aren’t commended for trying to sneak a peek up a woman’s skirt, but one North Dakotan helped in a historic capture by doing so. That North Dakotan’s name was Arne Ranum, a young ...

He was a teenager from a distinguished American family and when the Civil War erupted 150 years ago this week, he wanted to join up to defend the Union. Unfortunately, James G. Birney IV, of Bay City, ...

On July 6, 1863, Confederate and Union cavalry clashed at the intersection of Baltimore and South Potomac streets in Hagerstown. That skirmish was the start of what was to become the Battle of ...

The sword and trunk used by Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman during the Civil War are going to auction at Fleischer’s Auctions on Tuesday. Sherman is best known for torching Atlanta in 1864 and ...

C. Anthony Burke of McLean is an author who has long been interested in the development of the World War I Cavalry sword, known as "the Patton saber." It was designed to use as a weapon rather than as ...