History comes alive as we metal detect a Civil War battlefield where a cavalry officer made his final stand. The relics we uncovered offer powerful insight into his last moments and the brutal reality ...

While metal detecting near the site of the Siege of Port Hudson, we may have uncovered the final moments of a Civil War cavalry officer lost in 1863. From personal relics to battlefield artifacts, ...

An uneducated farm-boy who became the Civil War’s most brilliant cavalry officer, Nathan Bedford Forrest reportedly had 30 horses shot out from under him. Enlisting as a private in a mounted ...