COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bidders will fight with their dollars next week at an Ohio auction house for the sword of the Civil War Union general who led a scorched-earth campaign across Georgia and coined ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some 500 pieces of American history unseen even by scholars are coming to light through an auction taking place through ...

At first, it was the rare binding that caught the eye of Danielle Linn, a senior book specialist with Fleischer’s Auctions. While cataloging items once owned by the Union Army General, William ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This sword was presented to William T ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. “War is war and not popularity-seeking.” With these words to his Confederate opponent at Atlanta, General William T.

He wasn't popular in the South at the Civil War's end, and in many ways, he still isn't. But that didn't keep Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman from returning to Louisiana after scorching a path through ...